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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Dept. of Degentesh

"Do you want your life to change?

Yes, I want to quit my high-octane day job in order to spend winters snorkeling and diving from a small island in Thailand, spring and fall in New York doing nothing or touring the world reading poetry, and the summers in Finland at yoga retreats. Meanwhile I will become a person of quiet renown in the right avant-garde music and literary circles for both my unprecedented talents and my incredible beauty that seems only to increase with age. I will also bear three or four children without pain and manage to give them all the emotional and financial support they need without ever sacrificing a moment of time that I need for myself. And I will have many devoted lovers concurrently without inspiring the slightest jealousy among any of them. Oh, and I will never be sick or tired or grumpy again after l buy the Lower East Side and cordon it off with a huge ice wall in order to raise my parrot colonies within it.”
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Author of Body & Glass (Wave Books, 2018), Etruria (Wave Books, 2014), Musee Mechanique (BlazeVOX, 2006), and Rouge State (Pavement Saw, 2003). Married Lesley Poirier; lives in Portland, OR.
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Body & Glass (Wave Books, 2018)

Body & Glass (Wave Books, 2018)

Etruria (Wave Books, 2014)

Etruria (Wave Books, 2014)

Musee Mechanique (BlazeVOX, 2006)

Musee Mechanique (BlazeVOX, 2006)

Rouge State (Pavement Saw, 2003)

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  • Harriet 1: Classic Lineup
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  • Harriet 8: Return to Waterloo
  • Hannah Weiner & Basic English (talk)
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