“People of the World, Relax.”
Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 09:25:24 -0500 Sender: UB Poetics discussion group From: Charles Bernstein Subject: I remember Joe Brainard Joe Brainard died of AIDS on Wednesday. He was 52 years old. ***** PEOPLE OF THE WORLD: RELAX! Beware of boys in tight pants They are perverts Beware of tight pants They chap the fanny […]
Alternate Side of the Page Parking
Harlem. While I double-parked in front of Brands Liquors on 145th the other day, a contractor from Bergan made an offer on the car I am finding hard to refuse. Since my mechanic Lou’s retired I have tried several mechanics uptown and have yet to find one sufficient to the task of maintaining anything like […]
Letters to Prison
Over the past year, Michael Wilson, the New York Times crime reporter, has been writing about my pen-itentiary pal, Dempsey Hawkins. We have been corresponding since ’06, when Herb Boyd’s article on Jumel Terrace Books appeared in The Amsterdam News and brought me several correspondances from inmates, Dempsey’s being the only to sustain. As family […]
Jumel Terrace B&B
Life Turns Man Up & Down
The Private Library