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… work when he was twelve. At Caracoles Mine, men unload minerals into vats, which will later be hauled into town for … sits the city of Potosí. Once one of the largest industrial complexes in the world, it now looks like many other Baroque … Plaza was created in the 1950s to honor the men who had died during uprisings against private companies that were …

… , a powerful text in military history, unfinished when he died in 1831. The phrase is based on his experiences in the … portion is not a mere piece of the whole, but a small whole complete in itself.” A small whole complete in itself, … it may feel, or even become true, that there is no real audience, which is to say, there might be nothing outside the …

… year America lost two of its finest poets: James Dickey died in January, Allen Ginsberg in April. These poets— … rapidly with a New York accent. Born in New Jersey in 1926, he was a Jewish, homosexual, drug-taking Buddhist. … against the war in Vietnam. The tough and fiercely competitive Dickey spoke with a Southern drawl. Born in …

… be a pretty scene, but it would be manageable. When Mother complained that I was getting too big for my britches and … whether it would just happen anyway.” If I’d only studied my biology more I’d have known what caused … father who had been his brother rat at VMI. My real father died when I was three and a half, and I only had one memory …

… will ignore the world beyond the barnyard. Finding a comfortable roost in the chicken house, he will grow gray … doesn’t hurt the guilt, but it sure ruins the literature. I also banished novelists whose first names are Thomas. Mann, … to thee blithe spirit” or responding to a hearty “Heard melodies are sweet” with a wink and a tripping “but those …