The Perfect Man
Gerard Travers lifted the little dark boy off the train and onto the platform at Victoria. It had been a hard journey from India for the child, who had… More
Conrad Loomis & the Clothes Ray
He called me up one night about 2 in the morning and said he hated to disturb me, but he had something which could get us both rich if… More
The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn
1. The Greasy Grass Fight, or the Battle of the Little Bighorn, June 1876“Soldiers falling into camp . . .”In formation, they charged across a broad and open floodplain… More
The Nurse and the Novelist
1. The ButterflyThe entire book is set in two columns. The narrower one is in italics. It tells a story of a village woman who falls in love with… More
Tikkun, Evening Prayer
Tikkun (Midnight Prayer)The Caesars who built the citiesdidn’t intend this kind of silencein which trees tear up the air’s shelter with their growthand the lazy moon journeys in the… More
Cope’s Rule, Nepenthe, Magpie Lark
Cope’s RuleAccording to Edward Drinker Cope,nineteenth-century paleontologist, fossil records showlineages become larger over millenniaindicating that bigger is more successful.Though later scientists offered further support for Cope's rule,from mammals to… More
Ahmed Ali: Baghdad, Damascus, Atlanta
I was eighteen years old, in the final stage of high school. This meant I had to join the army, unless I got a letter authorized by the Minister… More
Mahmoud Darwish: They Didn’t Ask: What’s After Death, Nothing Pleases Me
What will we do before this death? Near/ our lives we live, and don’t live. As if our lives/ are desert lots disputed by the gods/ of real estate,… More
Wayward Surmises
Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests offerthe pleasure of compulsive organization(I’m writing five words perline): pleasure of dividing attentivenessinto constituent bits: sadistic pleasureof forcing others (viewers, subjects)to do your bidding: refusenikpleasure… More
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