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| Mary Jo Bang In Memory of My Feelings—Frank O’Hara August/September 2003 She could find reason anywhere if she looked for it. The clock told her to get up. She got up. She ate. The plot is the one thing we know, said Mandelstam. Irritation gave way to something else. She steered her mind to the side street, inside, where what some call untidiness. What some call connections. Reason wasn’t the hinge on which memory swung. A truism escapes its cage. A bark brings you back to it. You are who you are. We're right now, said the tick to the tock. The self was one of many. The knave was the man down the block. She could find meaning in the metaphor of a missing knife. She was cold. She reached for her coat. I’ve never seen anyone like you. The truism was true. That will do. Jasper Johns, "In Memory of My Feelings— Frank O’Hara," Oil on canvas with objects, 1961 Mary Jo Bang is the author of three books of poems: The Downstream Extremity of the Isle of Swans, Louise in Love, and Apology for Want. She’s been the poetry editor at Boston Review since 1995. |
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The Rail invites you to a reading with Jason Flores-Williams and Brian Carreira, along with musical guest Steve Strunsky of the Lonesome Prairie Dogs. Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m. Vox Pop--Flatbush, Brooklyn www.voxpop.net |
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OFF THE RAIL FALL 2005 at the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library - Grand Army Plaza |
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The Independent Press Association-NY recently honored The Brooklyn Rail with the following awards: |