Wagner at the Opera
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Unmeasured Ages
Between two dumpsters in his little cell, he crouched. Shrugged and coughed. The hiatus of night wore off. Unnuzzled into ache. More swarf belched up, nettled in his gorge. He’d been enwombed into this blood-drunk blightedness. Day again—he felt things begin to swivel down a drainhole. Cloudy brainlumps stalled and massed above him. Below, a pigeon hobbled. A backfire sponked. The pigeon flitted away. Soot-motes glinted down a crevice. Nitted feathers traced the eye’s deception, dove-gray to bottlegreen, as it flew beyond the circle of his sight.
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a winking bat
Zodiac Stanzas in a Forest Volcano
Villainous Villanelle
Villainous Villanelle
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How the World Lost the Sea
And the moon called out to the sea to join him in the night, so they may dance among the stars.
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Essential Identities: An Interview with Fowzia Karimi
the war between memory and dreams – 1939
the war between memory and dreams – 1939
Tree People or Sea People: An Interview with Wendy Walker
Editor’s Note: Wendy Walker has appeared twice so far in my column Invisible Books. I first covered her debut collection of short stories, The Sea-Rabbit (Sun & Moon Press, 1987), then I reviewed her novel The Secret Service (Sun & Moon Press, 1992). I’ve now had the pleasure of corresponding with Wendy, so please enjoy this interview with a true talent and a delightful person. All of the accompanying art is by Wendy Walker. The featured photo above is by Wendy Walker and Tom La Farge.
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