Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:10:29 -0800
Subject: in sorrow


 I had the pleasure of sharing brunch with Lisa this summer here in the San
Francisco Bay Area. She had driven with friends all the way from Utah for a
protest against the Republican Congress.  We spoke for hours and then I
took her to my favorite bookstores.  We both were dead broke, and since we
liked hearty brunches, we had already spent all our money .  Lisa was very
interested in evolutionary biology and its implications for social science.
No doubt, her stimulating  conversation inspired me to pick up later John
Vandermeer's Reconstructing Biology: Genetics and the New World
Order--indeed one of the most important books I have come across in my
studies.

  I was looking forward to engaging with Lisa based on the knowledge she
had inspired me to pursue.  Having met Lisa in all her vibrancy  and
brilliance, I just couldn't have imagined that she had been suffering in
this way.  I express my deepest sorrow to all who knew her and I wish you
the strength to endure this tragedy.

With all my best,
Rakesh




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