THURSDAY, MARCH 19


Note: Live Nude Girl looks at the differences between Nudity
and Nakedness, historically, philosophically . . . The opening
chapter is mostly the story of how Rooney began to model . . .
For me the book takes off when it begins to examine ideas related
to the so-called exhibitionistic act of modeling in the second
chapter . . . Robinson Alone is a book of poems in which Rooney
borrows the figure of Robinson, conjured up by Weldon Kees,
to examine Kees work. Kees is famous for his mysterious end,
in which he either committed suicide by jumping from the Golden
Gate Bridge, or he simply vanished, perhaps into the landscape
of Mexico . . .

So I'm posting again--time to get back at it. I cut and pasted
your Qs and JG's answers to a Word Doc and will edit it. It
might take a little while to get it posted. (By the way, Nick,
your Qs are included).

Now I am going to IMPLORE you to please take the
trouble to visit school before Wednesday evening in order
to pick up copies I made of prose from Kathleen Rooney's
memoir (Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object), as well as
excerpts from her books of poems Robinson Alone and One-
iromance (an epithalamion). We have a great opportunity to
learn a lot from this writer / publisher and it makes sense to f
familiarize yourself with some of the work. The copies are
in the wall box outside my office door as of now (3/19--
5:30 pm). Read the interview I handed out, and feel free to
search the web. She's everywhere. Rooney is a poet, a novelist
and an essayist as well as founding editor of Rose Metal Press . . .

More on her here. Keep watching this blog.

Getting back into things . . .

By the way, congratulations to Jennifer Jones! Her poem,
"Tornado Alley," was chosen as an honorable mention
selection, by Allan Peterson, for this year's Student CW
Awards. Email her an congratulate her!

See the post below as well . . .