Bruce Lisker reacts: Keep the faith *

Iris Schneider had planned to write about Bruce Lisker's one-year anniversary of freedom, his ongoing trouble finding a job and his need for some new furniture. Now, since the call this week from his lawyer, Lisker's top concern is the state's motion to send him back to Mule Creek State Prison. "I just need to stay focused on the tasks ahead: school, love, life and staying in a spiritually and emotionally healthy place," he says. Part 6 of The Lisker Chronicles, exclusively at Native Intelligence.

* Friday update: Attorney General Jerry Brown's office said the decision to seek Lisker's re-imprisonment is being "reviewed." LAT

Also new at Native Intelligence: David Rensin confesses that he is a professional collaborator, now on his 12th and 13th book projects. "The book collaborator is also a psychologist, confidant, interlocutor, and supportive friend," he writes. "We defuse fears, hang out, massage egos, play Devil's Advocate, call our 'authors' on the bullshit - gently. We have to be both honest and kind. And politic. Otherwise we're worthless. Call us Geishas with pen."