Douglas Messerli
MY YEAR 2007: TO THE DOGS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

RICKABONE’S FAULT

INSIDE THE OUTSIDE DOOR

KEEPING THE HOMEFIRES BURNING

VORTICIST LEWIS/VORTICIST POUND

PHANTOM OF THE ARTS

MURDERING TO CREATE

THE WOMAN MOST LIKELY TO RAISE DOGS

[MARINETTI: CRITICAL WRITINGS]

METAMORPHOSIS

TO THE DOGS

WHAT AMERICA ABANDONS ABANDONS AMERICA

ON ALIEN LAND

STRONG BUT FRAGILE SURVIVORS

ONE OF US

WINTER IN A SUMMER TOWN

CONVINCING THE SOLOIST TO JOIN THE BAND

BLOOD OF AN INNOCENT

NOTHING LEFT BEHIND

LIVING POLIITCS

THE COLLECTOR

BETWEEN FIRE AND ICE

A TORN CURTAIN

PRECISE IMPRECISION

PARANOIA IN THE LIBRARY STACKS

GRANDMOTHER TO THE BRAT PACK

TWO FRAGMENTARY FICTIONS

TWO FILMS BY MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI

OUTSIDE THE FRAME

DECEPTION

THREE FILMS OF INGMAR BERGMAN

THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS

ON THE ROAD

[THE PASSION OF ANNA]

[SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT]

THE ULTIMATE ROAD TRIP

JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS

THE DANISH “IT” GIRL

TO BEGIN IS TO NEVER END

THE PRESENT’S CHRONIC REVISION

EVERYTHING BUT LIFE ITSELF

THE UNORDINARY OBSESSIONS OF ORDINARY LIVES

THE PITS

[THE DEATH OF NEW ORLEANS]

[THE NEW YORKERS]

SLEEPING WITH THE DOGS

WHAT ISN’T TO BE DONE?; OR TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN

WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

TWELVE NIGHTS IN ANOTHER TOWN: THE 7 TH NIGHT (READING ON THE HILL)

TRUMPETING

OUT OF THE SQUARE, THE CIRCLE: VISION IN NIGHTMARE

GIVING POETRY “BACK TO PEOPLE”

THE FUTURE OF POETRY PUBLISHING