false <![CDATA[The Cow]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179073749m/871022.jpg 871022 1 maternity + industrial slaughter 856391 31 12 2006 The Cow total:92|5:61|4:21|3:7|2:1|1:2| 92 414 144 14 0 2 false false Sat May 24 23:10:47 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 14:37:28 -0800 2009
I have been reading this book and at times I think that I am starting to get into it, starting to like what it's doing, and then I feel taken out of it, yanked by my collar, no, by the scruff of my neck, no, grabbed by my beard and yanked up out of my cha...more...]]> 0 2 false false Mon Mar 23 10:52:37 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 20:36:06 -0700 2009 **
Update: I find myself resistant to the process part of this book (not a section but a strand). I know the project--put the flesh back on the bon...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 06 13:32:13 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 31 20:44:36 -0700 2008
Here is one of the shorter poems from the book, which I love:

SECONDS

Are you so intelligent your body doesn't h...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Aug 30 14:41:33 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 07:40:41 -0700 2009
Read this book, cover to cover, in rapt horror. Then read it again. Topically:

The industrial processing of cow carcasses, piece by piece, stage by stage, for complete consumption.

The formal (in broken, wild manic clipped lines, in borrowed material fr...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Dec 28 10:39:34 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 10:41:22 -0800 2007 4 1 false false Fri Aug 28 00:37:26 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 22:06:41 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 00:37:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 13 15:22:07 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 25 23:51:05 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 24 12:56:46 -0800 2007 Sun Sep 20 09:57:10 -0700 2009
though i gotta say, mischievously, that i wish i had written this, if only for the "megan milks' the cow" jokes -- ah, childhood persecution]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 23 07:46:30 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 07:50:54 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Aug 03 21:30:56 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 21:38:07 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Jun 06 13:04:26 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 13:05:33 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Aug 12 15:32:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 15:32:11 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 18:36:50 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 18:36:50 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Sat Dec 08 08:40:43 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 08:41:36 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 06:43:50 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 06:44:23 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 27 03:15:29 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 03:15:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 09:58:56 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 09:58:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Oct 15 14:00:17 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 14:00:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 20:40:26 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 20:40:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 09 14:56:44 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 14:56:44 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=871022