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The Composer
… The Composer On the June night of Dolphy’s passing, the composer … is in New York, holding forth about the size of space. An audience has gathered to hear him speak. Perhaps they … call. The composer considers it for a moment, and then dials his learned friend once more. I’m downtown, he says into …
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Nature Poem with a Compulsive Attraction to the Shark
… Nature Poem with a Compulsive Attraction to the Shark the hive swells outside … for millennia until ours—a short tailored tenure  a blip in comparison to the shark more ancient than flora killing only to feed moving so it will not die it wants only what the sea has brined  the shark does …
Notes on Current Books, Spring 1997
… of the national electorate wanted at the time, the outcome seems inevitable. That is, after all, how democracy … obscure beginnings in the second century through their medieval zenith in Western Europe to the 20th century, when … by W. C. Corsan, edited by Benjamin H. Trask. Louisiana $26.95 Corsan was a Sheffield steel maker and merchant, who …
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The Male Glance
… when we look at faces. It’s the result of advertising combined with centuries of male-dominated image-making. … sufficient, complete, correct. The male glance is how comedies about women become chick flicks. It’s how discussions … The further you move away from white masculinity, the more points of view you have to juggle. Have you ever played that …
First Love
… the stadium light like torn up notes. When the traffic died some nightbirds stuck in citrus along MacDonald Avenue … shade. I remember thinking I’d remember this and it would come to me later on its own when I’d just be walking …
My Plan
… My Plan Here is my plan. Of me for me. It has eight points. How life (mine) will get better and be good. And … walk with this writer, on a cool day, in a park, each of us comfortable in our coats. We talk, we give each other some … show how well I know this. Good. So there’s the plan: eight points. Nine if you count the tennis. Must avoid any …
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