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June 29, 2013

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But I have to ask, "Bam, Pow"....did he beat anyone up on his way about town....???? The waiter in the Beer King for instance...I can't imagine that he made it through the day without taking a swing at someone...

Thanks, David. Keep these Michaux trans coming, or perhaps some others. When I taught a Modernism seminar a couple of years ago, we went over a number of LaForgue poems that were revelations to everyone (even me, though Eliot etc long ago). It's as if we're going through a narrows in cont poetry now; voices may be deep but range isn't. Writers like Michaux, Laforgue, Celine, many others are a great help. So thanks for reminding us.

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