Duel in The Sun
I spent the week hanging shelves and moving giant dusty books about but in-between it was a pleasure to assist an old friend, Daurade, with a piece he was writing for...
Read MoreGIDEON’S STRUMPET
HEREDITY By Jenny Davidson Soft Skull Press, 2003 Heredity actually is a dirty book, thank god. Jenny Davidson has written a story that appeals to our lesser angels,...
Read MoreTIME: for John Perlman
This poem is for John Perlman. John was not my only poetry teacher, but he was the only teacher I had who was a poet, and his influence on my writing, and on my view of...
Read MoreLONERGAN OFF AGAIN
Lonergan Off Again OK, I admit to just wanting to write that. I am addicted to puns. But the purpose of this piece is somewhat to the point. To wit: I long ago posted...
Read MoreLIGHTNING RODS
I suppose you could say Helen Dewitt’s Lightning Rods is a dirty book. Deliciously, scrupulously dirty. But I wouldn’t say that. True, it has the tang of illicit...
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