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    THE AMERICAN MUSE

    THE AMERICAN MUSE

    The Past without History

    The Past without History

    Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year

    Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year

    Disunited States

    Disunited States

    Some Things Never Change

    Some Things Never Change

    ON WHITENESS

    ON WHITENESS

    A MEMORY

    A MEMORY

    PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: JAMES DICKEY

    PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: JAMES DICKEY

    SHOW ME THE AUDIENCE

    SHOW ME THE AUDIENCE

    THE AMERICAN MUSE

    THE AMERICAN MUSE

    The Past without History

    The Past without History

    Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year

    Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year

    Disunited States

    Disunited States

    Some Things Never Change

    Some Things Never Change

    ON WHITENESS

    ON WHITENESS

    A MEMORY

    A MEMORY

    PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: JAMES DICKEY

    PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: JAMES DICKEY

    SHOW ME THE AUDIENCE

    SHOW ME THE AUDIENCE

    THE VERNAL EQUINOX

    THE VERNAL EQUINOX

    I found three tiny crocus sprouts in the garden today. They were as innocent as a boy's first pubic hair, tentative and shy, but determined to flow with time toward some culmination. It has been a long winter, with the ice so wrinkling up the surface of the world, you would think it might die of old age. But here they were, these indestructible little green hairs worrying their way to the crumbly surface of the ground, under the matted, brown tangles of last summer's weeds. T
    A SON OF MARCH

    A SON OF MARCH

    I once had a conversation with a man from Siberia who said he grew up in a sturdy hut out on the steppes where the temperatures in winter were sixty and seventy below zero. His family slept on top of the ceramic stove, which was shaped like an igloo. You had to wrap a jute hose around your waist and put the end into your mouth when you went out, or the air would burn the tissues of your lungs. We stood there in the warm Virginia sunshine as he told me this; he was still young
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    RETURN TO FRANCE

    RETURN TO FRANCE

    READING THE HEADLINES

    READING THE HEADLINES

    TO STOP THE CLOCK

    TO STOP THE CLOCK

    THE RAIN STORM

    THE RAIN STORM

    JASMINE BLOSSOMS

    JASMINE BLOSSOMS

    EARTH HOUSEHOLD

    EARTH HOUSEHOLD

    SPRING HAS NOT YET SPRUNG

    SPRING HAS NOT YET SPRUNG

    The Hinge of Summer's Door

    The Hinge of Summer's Door

    The Snow It Snoweth Every Day

    The Snow It Snoweth Every Day

    WINTER ON ARTHRITIC KNEES

    WINTER ON ARTHRITIC KNEES

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