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Remembering Christopher Larkosh


I Think You Know
The song "I Think You Know" by Todd Rundgren, released on the album Todd (1974), always reminded me of my friendship with Chris, but even...
Feb 23, 2024
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Felicitous Confluences
Further to my brief contribution today 3-19-22 to the year-later tribute, I will commit to print the main facets of what I said on Zoom....
Mar 20, 2022
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Help Me to Remember
How can I feel so much love, so much joy and so much fear of losing those that I love all in the same breath? Christopher (far left) and...
May 6, 2021
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Posts From Online Condolence Book
These condolences are presented in no particular order. They may be seen (and additional posts added) in the original condolences book...
Mar 25, 2021
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Interviews with Frank Gaspar
Poet Millicent Borges Accardi sends along two pieces about Portuguese scholar and author Frank Gaspar: I wanted to share the latest...
Mar 19, 2021
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The One Thing That Still Holds True
Chris was the first person to actually make me feel welcome when I started grad school at UConn, where he was a visiting professor of …...
Mar 15, 2021
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Scrabble with Chris
My husband Rob and I play quite a bit of Scrabble together. We weren't quite prepared for the good-natured shellacking we would receive...
Mar 6, 2021
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A Student's Memories
Sol Tovar, one of Chris' students, sends in pictures from various travels and studies with him. This one's from Chris' laptop (2017). I...
Feb 6, 2021
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Good Morning
Eve Wollman sends this post from Chris, about his home island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He originally shared it on Eve's...
Feb 2, 2021
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Mondo, Fermati un Attimo
From Tommaso Giartosio: I met Chris in Berkeley, where we were both studying Comparative Literature. Then I saw him again often when he...
Jan 28, 2021
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Meeting in Lisbon
I met Chris in Lisbon, Portugal during the summer of 2015, when I attended the two-week-long Disquiet Literary Seminars there. He and...
Jan 25, 2021
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Kyrie Eleison
From Marina: I first met Chris in 2005, when we briefly worked together. Like so many of you, I was lucky to have a close, affectionate...
Jan 12, 2021
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Message from the UMass Dartmouth Department of Portuguese
Dario Borim, Chair of the Department of Portuguese at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, sends this message about Chris to all...
Jan 6, 2021
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A Wrinkle in Time
On Christmas Eve, Christopher unexpectedly and silently left us. He was one of my oldest and best friends in the entire world, who shared...
Jan 5, 2021
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Love Is the Answer
Christopher loved this track by Todd Rundgren/Utopia. In the first half, the lyrics recognize the darkness, denial, and cruel escapism...
Jan 5, 2021
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This Too Shall Pass
I want to thank everyone for their comforting words and thoughtful deeds over the last ten days. I want to share with you a song and also...
Jan 5, 2021
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Chris presents a paper in French
Here's a video of Chris which shows just one facet of his off-the-charts brilliance with language. Here he is presenting a paper entirely...
Jan 3, 2021
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The Tao of Chris
On Christmas Eve, my friend Christopher Larkosh passed away, suddenly, unexpectedly. My very deepest condolences to John W Beck, Chris’...
Jan 3, 2021
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Tribute from Vassar friends
Chris attended Vassar College for his undergraduate degree in Hispanic Studies. These comments were compiled by his former Vassar...
Jan 3, 2021
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Rumi Poems
Dan Larkosh chose these poems for the prayer cards he had made in memory of Chris, his brother. On the day I die, when I'm being carried...
Jan 3, 2021
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