Izo Besares, Author at The Jitney

A Christmas Moment

ByIzo Besares |December 4, 2024April 8, 2025

Christmas morning, 1983. The world smelled bright, and my fireplace ski sweater was a happy […]

ByIzo Besares |August 28, 2024September 2, 2024

Click here to start at part 1 or you can click here for part 2. […]

ByIzo Besares |August 21, 2024August 28, 2024

Click here to read Part 1 This should have been finished weeks ago, but then surgery happened. […]

ByIzo Besares |May 6, 2024August 23, 2024

I love my couch. My books—spines and titles nestled firmly in familiar, colorful order—old friends […]

ByIzo Besares |October 12, 2022October 6, 2022

Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day” was a song Humbert had to play and perform. There was […]

ByIzo Besares |March 29, 2022March 27, 2022

The day after The Fair began fitfully, following a sleepless night thick with thought. The […]

ByIzo Besares |July 23, 2021July 22, 2021

Between meeting her in 1980 and sweeping her in 1984, there was growth and development […]

ByIzo Besares |May 12, 2021August 23, 2022

A week or two after the Youth Fair experience, we were an item. It was […]

ByIzo Besares |March 10, 2021March 4, 2021

I love Cesar Lavin. He is my brother. Those who knew him understand exactly what […]

ByIzo Besares |May 27, 2020May 27, 2020

Besotted, my obsession became a singularity, Palm Springs Junior High its event horizon. As the […]