Essays
… by little, in perfect time, as the work of the body becomes a body of work. —William Matthews, “Mingus … William Matthews and his poetry. It goes further. Both men died young after struggling with substance abuse; both were … so old,” worry composing their faces. But I knew they were also seeing their own mortality in his crumbling health, and …
… might win the election and ruin the economy, and he was also upset because his favorite TV preachers were all in … a better yard, but Mary just wanted to get stoned. So we compromised. We’d get stoned where we were and then go … black hair slicked straight back (she claimed she’d rather die than wear bangs) and pulled into two little pony tails …
… ideologies—a lively biography and thoughtful political commentary. Edward VIII, by Frances Donaldson. Lippincott … Seaton Carew encounters Death, a man incongruously named Eddie, on the streets of Tupelo, Mississippi. Entrepreneur … of inspiration for the present book.” Although there are points of difference between Ramsey and Johnson, the …
Essays
… features, ages, and interests, as if he feared there might come a time in his life when he would forget that he had … the Civil War nurse who traveled among battlefield hospitals, and became one of the finest war correspondents who … of visiting war hospitals every day to tend the young soldiers as they died. “I have never before had my feelings so …
… A Common Ground of Liberalism Freedom Is More than a Word. By … extremely doubtful. One of the purposes of PM was, as Field points out, to bring to bear upon news “all the available … I suppose, this may be ascribed to his awareness of the audience for which he writes. Partly it may be the result of …
Criticism
… University, I overcame an ambition for graduate studies in philosophy and ended up working as a security guard … overnight free-form time slot. Needless to say, it was non-commercial and frequently included music that was not radio … of the 1960s, the women’s movement, and anti-war journals. Streitmatter also discusses gay and lesbian …