Essays
… or smell gumbo simmering on the stove, a flood of memories comes to me. In 1953 when I traveled in the rural South with … their altars to walk the streets with strangers; when soldiers with guns were assigned to keep the peace or to … places, violence in others. People were hurt and people died. Students and civil rights workers were hosed, beaten, …
Poetry
… being simultaneously involved in all this as required yet also a center round which it all orbits with a beauty. That …
… as a political document. As Nelson reminds us, “Like many medieval works (this chronicle) may be read profitably on a … be interpreted as defending democracy avant la lettre . She points out that such plays are the exception rather than the … Gustafson. Princeton $55 cloth, $16.95 paper Voltaire o 7-26 …
… had mastered oven-lighting we could proceed to some really complicated things, like melted cheese sandwiches. We could … than renters. A newcomer in the class was an event, but also an intrusion, and Melanie hadn’t looked particularly … cheeks and small green eyes. She was still carrying her briefcase, a really sloppy one with gashes in it and bandaids …
… judgment,” Mr. Havard writes, “I agreed last fall to become Editor of the Journal of Politics. Thus I am now using … prosperous. . . . Many of the old political leaders had died, but a surprisingly large number remained. . . . The … published in 1970. Not being busy enough, Mrs. Sherwin has also written a number of plays and hitchhiked from New York …
Fiction
… She catches you staring and she grins. Then a man comes out of the mini-mart and hands her an iced tea before … sign on the ground floor of her building. When your sister comes down to let you in, her face is red and wet with … the Hudson. In Washington Square you take off your sandals and sit at the edge of the fountain to dip your feet. …