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Telemachus on the Waterfront
… counsel there, and waited as I was told. The liquid intervals from Troy to Ithaca made me ten years a man, twice … you drown in it. A bath’s as good a place as anywhere to die. My father singing his way across the sea, about … there: Eden’s echo or white flag. I didn’t want him to come home. 134-135 By Reginald Shepherd …
Sliding Rock
… billowed, “Know what I’d like     to see again before I die? Sliding Rock.” And so we went, one Labor Day,   across … from Enka’s plant, the nylon made   to smooth the legs of ladies in fine homes, climbing above our stale valley   into the old Vanderbilt forest. “It’s coming!”     My uncle stuck out his head to smell     like a …
The Green Room, Summer 1980
… Now this situation may be changing, with such literature becoming a matter of greater scholarly concern. If so, much of … victims, anyway. It is for anyone who ever expects to die and is frightened at the prospect. It is particularly … completed a 500-page biography of Wyndham Lewis. He is also the author of a new biography of Katherine Mansfield …
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Writer Friends: The Rules of the Community
… Writer Friends: The Rules of the Community The following post is part of our online companion … a few groups of writer friends finding ways to reach an audience. Some of us are part of these communities, and some … Virginia; she blogs regularly for VQR. Visit her website at  jenniferniesslein.com . By Jennifer Niesslein …
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Reunion
… you doing in town? Oh, I got itchy feet. Thought I would come and visit my friend Marcelle. You remember Marcelle.  … the bad kind. There’s a good kind? Well, now I’ve got antibodies, a shitload of antibodies according to my doctor. I was … said. I’m immune. She smiled at him then, a small, opaque, false smile. Then said, You want to go to the park? Okay. …
The Trial of Joan of Arc
… P. Kerr. New York; Gotham House. $4.00. Except for an incomplete version which appeared thirty years ago, “The Trial … But the book will interest many who care nothing for points of jurisdiction. There was never a State trial that … with the simple oaths which Joan admitted using, “bon gre Dieu,” “Nostre Dame,” and “Saint Jehan.” And so with “this …
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