false \ 117336 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg 117336 9 1948067 1969 The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster total:503|5:214|4:162|3:105|2:19|1:3| 503 2074 594 30 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 3 1 false Mon Sep 22 10:51:31 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 10:51:35 -0700 2008 hundreds more...]]> 942902 0440369568 9780440369561 58 6 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222371464m/942902.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/942902.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 4 1 false Mon Oct 15 09:55:21 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 09:58:20 -0700 2007

"There's nothing resembling it in American writing. It's as West Coast as a Douglas fir, but more broadly it's peculiarly American and Rube Goldbergian. This writing goes beyond eccentricity and into...more...]]> 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 15:54:12 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 16:12:49 -0800 2008 twice, for good luck more...]]> 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 3 0 false Sun Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 23:19:36 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 23:30:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 3 0 false Fri Jun 19 02:19:10 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 02:22:01 -0700 2009
but still...

The Sidney Greenstreet Blues

I think something beautiful
and amusing is gained
by remembering Sidney Greenstreet,
but it is a fragile ...more...]]> 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 4 0 false Sat Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 16:47:31 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 22:38:18 -0700 2008
Our Beautiful West Coast Thing...more...]]> 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 17:14:48 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 17:17:23 -0800 2009 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 2 0 false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 17:44:36 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 17:54:06 -0700 2009 942902 0440369568 9780440369561 58 6 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222371464m/942902.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/942902.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 5 0 false Thu Nov 29 09:49:30 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 09:54:45 -0800 2007
Like "The Winos of Protrero Hill":

Alas, they get
their bottles
from a small
nei...more...]]> 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 4 0 false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 20:04:22 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 20:05:07 -0800 2009 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 5 0 false Sat Dec 27 21:51:11 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 21:51:35 -0800 2008 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 0 0 false Wed Jan 28 19:44:39 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 19:44:57 -0800 2009 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 4 0 false Thu Jul 17 15:50:27 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 20:58:25 -0700 2008
I used to own all of Brautigan's books, even the out-of-print ones. I was kind of obsessed. During a particularly tight period in college, sadly, I sold most of them to buy groceries. That was a terrible idea, of course, even though it allowed...more...]]> 942902 0440369568 9780440369561 58 6 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222371464m/942902.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/942902.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 4 0 false Sat Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 17:44:37 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 09 11:03:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 942902 0440369568 9780440369561 58 6 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222371464m/942902.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/942902.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 5 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 22:23:29 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 09:43:47 -0700 2008 THE BEAUTIFUL POEM

I go to bed in Los Angeles thinking
about you.

Pissing a few moments ago
I looked down at my penis
affectionately.

Knowing it has been inside
you twice today makes me
feel beautiful.

...more...]]> 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 4 0 false Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 16:08:42 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 16:12:55 -0700 2008
A nature poem

The moon
is Hamlet
on a motorcycle
coming down
a dark road.
He is wearing
a black leather
jacket and
boots.
I have
...]]> 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 4 0 false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Jul 11 09:48:09 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 22:28:43 -0700 2008 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 4 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1971 Sat Apr 26 21:47:19 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 21:49:47 -0700 2008 117336 0224619330 9780224619332 430 24 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186661942m/117336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117336.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 16:18:04 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 21:45:53 -0800 2008
Thanks Pop!

"I feel horrible. She doesn't
love me and I wander around
the house like a sewing machine
that's just finished sewing
a turd to a garbage can lid."


good ...]]> 942902 0440369568 9780440369561 58 6 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222371464m/942902.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/942902.The_Pill_Versus_the_Springhill_Mine_Disaster 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1970 Thu Sep 25 12:37:52 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 04 21:15:56 -0700 2009 1 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=117336