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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 ABSENCE AT THE HEART OF SUMMER

    THE ABSENCE AT THE HEART OF SUMMER

    The last day of July and it is cool at this hour, a little before three p.m. here in southern France. A breeze is blowing, and the sky is so blue it is almost the color of the deep sea. I can't complain. I am a veteran of the last heat wave, a blistering Sahara-fueled "heat plume," with giant arches of super-heated desert fury bearing down on us, leaving gardens limp, trees bleeding sap onto the parked cars, and women moving along like mourners at a funeral. The kids take som
    THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF JULY

    THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF JULY

    The tourists are not so abundant as in past summers. I can tell by how many camera-toting Dutch and Germans come down the main street in town, the Grande Rue, as it is called. It is hardly grande, and just barely a rue, wide enough to admit a slender European sedan, but a delivery truck has to crawl along scraping its side mirrors against the walls of the houses. This summer, now in its stride in July, feels thinner, less robust with some of the houses remaining empty at this
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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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