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Ok, Gretch. One more. This is awfully jolly for Fred. Dou...

Ok, Gretch. One more. This is awfully jolly for Fred. Douglass' Autobiography.
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Maybe at some point I'll say something worth reading. For...

Maybe at some point I'll say something worth reading. For now I'm spending my time grading papers and revising poems, mortified by all the albums I've left off my top fifteen list, a terror further compounded by VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Here's my favorite tune off another favorite LP, a little thing called Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

P.P.S.: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Horsewoman

P.P.S.: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Horsewoman

I owe Gretch two outfits, my 2nd day of The Wasteland out...

I owe Gretch two outfits, my 2nd day of The Wasteland outfit and my "Bartleby" outfit. Because I prefer...
Anyway, till then, read THIS . It's a terrific poem and says better what I'm trying to say in something I'm working on at this very moment...
P.S.: There's a plethora of Morrison videos back up on YouTube. They'd been taken down. I can't embed them all, but make sure you watch the one below, and be sure you watch THIS ONE at the very least.

This is why I love my job.

This is why I love my job.

This is what I wear for The Wasteland. Therefore: wrinkle...

This is what I wear for The Wasteland. Therefore: wrinkles.God this is embarrassing.Gretch, if I'm going to continue to air my dirty laundry, you best give some daily thing--maybe a favorite moment from class?

Gretch, you asked for it. Today: what I liked to call eit...

Gretch, you asked for it. Today: what I liked to call either a. the ladybug b. the bearcat.

You all probably know about THIS. Wow.

You all probably know about THIS. Wow.

Last night's might be the finest episode of MadMen. Ever....

Last night's might be the finest episode of MadMen. Ever. No one can argue with that caliber of writing and acting. Just stunning!

I've been told by at least two people that I'm "good at e...

I've been told by at least two people that I'm "good at endings." I don't think I should speculate about what that means in respect to my life, but maybe it does mean I should work harder at my beginnings.
Josh brought home some D. Nurkse from the library. Here is the amazing opening couplet from the poem "A Walk in Giovanna's Park (Burnt Island):

"Under the immense elm
the children are no bigger than children."
Or what about the first tercet in Weldon Kees' "River Song":
"By the public hook for...