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Sampling
In a Yoruba creation myth, the god in charge of making human beings
drank too much, and that's how white men came to be. When the table a drag that makes become a rhythm section, needlestick some touch and timelines into an the standard tunes transmogrified invention -- licks of scratch -- unending love become at last all because the holy handyman's attention.
Bio Note Heather McHugh is the author of several books of poetry and literary essays. Her most recent book publications are Hinge & Sign: Poems l968-l993 (National Book Award finalist); and her essays, Broken English: Poetry and Partiality. A new collection of poems, The Father of the Predicaments, will be published by Wesleyan/UPNE in September, 1999. Contents |
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