I've decided for a variety of reasons to put the publication of EXPOSURES on hold. It is, for me, a major long poem (in terms, that is, of my own work)which I am in no way repudiating. The time isn't right. If the work is good enough it will keep.

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On the other hand, I seem to be going through a crisis of confidence. Oh, I know, boohoo.

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I just preordered two forthcoming titles by Roland Barthes: his Diary of Mourning, a volume of fragments written immediately following his mother's death, and a volume of lectures about preparing to write a novel. I am anxious to read these books.

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