R
A L P H
The
Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the
Humanities
Volume
XI, Number 3 --- Fall, 1995
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REVIEWS The
Diving Bell and the ButterflyBy Jean-DominiqueBauby"One
eye was sewn shut, the other goggled like the doomed eye of
Cain.
For
a moment I stared at that dilated pupil, before I realized it was only
mine."
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
by Luis Sepúlveda "He's the kind of writer you and I want to be...
He moves effortlessly into the tale
then it moves on its own, and you (and he)
have to do nothing."
Proslavery:
A History of
the Defense of Slavery in America By Larry E. Tise "The 'Oracular Decisions' of God have positively declared
that the Slave-Trade is intrinsically good and licit..."
BRIEF REVIEWS Joyce Carol Oates, Penguins, The Titanic,
Gnostic Scriptures --- and The Harlem Renaissance
ARTICLES Fatty "A tremendous man skipped up the steps as lightly as Fred Astaire.
He was tremendous, obese --- just plain fat.
'Name's Arbuckle,' he said, 'Roscoe Arbuckle. Call me Fatty!'"
Beautiful
Summer in New Jersey "But
I could never forget, can never forget, will never forget you, Paul
--- the
smears of blood down the hallway,
and on the edges of the white
porcelain
tub."
Free LandA radical plan for bringing inner cities back to life
which, for a change, will directly benefit the poor and the homeless.
READINGS
Love in the Canals of VeniceBy Luis Sepúlveda "The business of the gondolier, the gondola,
and all that ardent kissing became a little clearer
after two hours of discussion spiced with juicy anecdotes."
Gringolandia By J. Gallant & L. Milam "All Mexicans and Latinos are welcome to the USA
as long as they bring their Visa cards."
The
Buddha of Boystown By Ignacio
Schwartz"I
didn't want to be born. But all I could do was try to stop
it,
or
perhaps, at worst, pretend it didn't
happen."
The
Black Book By Lawrence
Durrell "Next door Miss Venable is
powdering
her harelip.
The
gas fire is playing its mute jazz.
The snow is
falling."
POETRY"The
girl of gold bathed in the water
and
the water turned to gold."
"The
Ladies of the School of Bliss
Have
announced
They
are preparing to crush thyme
Against the Dying
Stars."
"Through open doors, the dining-room declares
A larger loneliness of knives and glass
And silence laid like carpet."
"Here's to this old digit named Peter
(As in Peter, Paul, John, Matthew
And Mary Magdalene, she Ms Thumb)."
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