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I've been
lamenting a remarkable lack of civility for some time now,
and I've even written about it here once before. Perhaps a
primer is in order, with some specifics that will, maybe
unfortunately, give you a window into my pet peeves. So
here, presented in my biased and completely unscientific
manner, is a list of “Pleases” that may go unnoticed by the
rude people with whom you share your world, but might make
you feel like a better person for putting them into
practice. |
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The book’s central
conceit is that what a writer presents to the world is not the
complete truth. Once a poem is released into the world, it
is subject to the whims and conjectures of the audience.
Reminiscent of Jorge Luis Borges’ parable “Borges and I,” at
times it is difficult to divide the man’s truth from the truth
of the poet’s expression. And like Borges, Nicholas the
man is a shadow-self that cannot be fully separated from the
work. |
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by
Perry Nicholas |
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