Archive for November, 2001
No, Brother, I Did Not See
by Thomas Bates
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Originally published on November 1, 2001
When we were small and lived in that blue house
with the hyacinths wrapped around it, kissing me
you said, When we are old, we will be afraid to die.
Then the cowbird, who lately had come to rest on our roof
hot afternoons like some Southwestern gargoyle,
set himself to cawing. I don’t know what it was,
but you twisted [...]
Impostors
by Arthur Saltzman
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Originally published on November 1, 2001
The art is in the execution. Three or four players are optimal, but in
a pinch, two are sufficient to perpetrate the game. The key here, as
in so many [...]
Fawn Ghazal
by C. J. Sage
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Inside a snowy blanket which put the trees to sleep, I heard a
fawn.
Out past the window’s ice coat in the morning, I found a sleeping
[...]
Salamanders on the North Border Road
by Elisha Porat
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Two salamanders are crossing the North
Border Road. Sluggish and indifferent, they
Creep under the borderline barbed wire. I stop
The patrol. [...]
Free Speech and the End of the World
by Douglas Lain
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Mario Savio is dead at the age of fifty-three. Winded while moving his
furniture into his new home in San Francisco, he sat down at the
kitchen table and had [...]
Loving Pedro Infante
reviewed by Emily Banner
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Loving Pedro Infante tells the story of Teresina Ávila,
or Tere, a divorced thirtysomething teachers’ aide in
Cabritoville, New Mexico. Tere has a mother who’s always there
[...]
The Poetry of Arab Women
reviewed by Rachel Barenblat
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Originally published on November 1, 2001
The Poetry of Arab Women, edited by Nathalie Handal, came
across my desk some months ago. I was impressed; it’s an
extremely thorough collection, featuring a wide range of Arab [...]
Sailing Alone Around the Room
reviewed by John Hammond
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Originally published on November 1, 2001
The publication of Billy Collins’ new and selected poems comes only about
a month after his appointment as Poet Laureate of the U.S. for 2001-2002
and a little more than a decade since the publication of The Apple
[...]
Interview with Dan Zanes
interviewed by Misha Angrist
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Dan Zanes grew up in New Hampshire, a self-described “Yankee
WASP.” In 1981, at the age of 20, he moved to Boston and, with
bassist Tom Lloyd, founded the Del Fuegos, a band that also featured
[...]
Hypotheses
by Ted Warnell
Originally published on November 1, 2001
Originally published on November 1, 2001
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pl. {Hypotheses} is panel eight from
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