City, Winter

"Graduate school is just another form of hell but Thomas doesn't realize that yet. Perhaps Ragnarok is preferable: a reality storm descending over the city. Open the sky and let in the changes: - - Prophetic poem prose. "City, Winter" probes deeply into the most inaccessible areas of human consciousness, institutions, self, history, learning, and the origins of language (or at least of words). The puzzles it poses are the important ones. Multiple readings are recommended! - Duane Vorhees, author of The Many Loves of Duane Vorhees"--