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July 2005
A Fantastical Quartet.
Sunday, July 31, 2005
"'I believe a person could fix anything,' she says...'given proper instructions and duct tape.' And then she adds, 'except trust.'"
—Claire Davis, “Labors of the Heart”
LABORS OF THE HEART, by Claire Davis read by Peter Gerety.
Childhood
Sunday, July 24, 2005
"He took The Gleaners out of its frame and looked at the picture one last time. She wondered why she had let it hang in the kitchen for so long. It bothered her the way those peasants were forever bent over that endless field of wheat."
--Julie Otsuka, "Evacuation Order No. 19"
Two childhood memories, one comic, one poignant.
Fantastical Quartet
Sunday, July 17, 2005
"He thought of basil breaking open, and the drawing of a tomato with red and black paint, and the word 'tomato': consonant vowel consonant vowel consonant vowel. And the perfect taste of tomato with basil together."
—Aimee Bender, “Job’s Jobs”
A fantastical quartet.
Los Angels
Sunday, July 10, 2005
"She was a small, straight-basked woman in a blue cotton dress, too frilly for her age. This would be about 50, though everything about her conspired to deny it."
—Ross MacDonald, "The Barbarous Coast"
A mixed grill, California style.
Snow Poem
Sunday, July 03, 2005
"He stood still, and loved it. Its beauty was paralyzing beyond all words, all experience, all dream."
—Conrad Aiken, "Silent Snow, Secret Snow"
A dream poem written in the snow.
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