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| Mary Jo Bang Table Turning August/September 2003 She sat her purse down on the kidney-shaped coffee table, turned on the floor-lamp, and called the monkey over to have a chat. What had he done today? She wanted to know. He had climbed the palm tree, he said. She knew this wasn’t true but didn’t press the point. Late night he would—arm around her neck—admit he had trampled the snow drops. He had chewed on his tail. He had mindlessly complied pictures of flamingoes cut from magazine pages and fashioned them into an enormous collage. He had had it framed. He had taken slides. He had submitted them for review at an upstart gallery. The curve of his tail made an S-shape as he slid from the sofa. Sulking now he said, See what you’ve done? And she did see. And together they sobbed. Sigmar Polke, Illus. 3, Essay: "Early Influences, Later Consequences or: How Did the Mokeys Get into My Work? and other icono-biograhical questions" (trans. from the German by John S. Southard) 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: |