Table of Contents
CONTENTS
FOREWORD by Matthew Lippman i
ADDITIONAL PRAISE FOR Tenebrae: A Memoir of Love and Death iii
INTRODUCTION 3
1—Sonora 5
2—Quills 7
3—72ND & Amsterdam 11
4—The Second Theological Virtue 15
5—Certain Proceedings In The Tribunals Of A Vanity Called Hope 16
6—Incidents Of Life On Death Row 20
7—A Trip To The Underworld 25
8—Under The Redbud Tree 28
9—Briar Rose 31
10—Word And Flesh 33
11—Last Words 34
12—Resurrection Day 36
13—De Profundis (A Sparrow’s Fall) 39
14—“I Paid Them The Things I Never Took” 41
15—Strepitus: Like A Fallen Empire 44
Quanta [A Brief Guide To Quantum Theory (And Exposure Of The Absurdity Thereof, Perhaps)] 46
Lincoln Blvd., Highway 1, Los Angeles 47
San Josef Bay, Cape Scott, Vancouver Island 49
The Irish In America: Aunt Kate 56
The Irish In America: Mary And Herb 57
The Irish In America: Annie D 58
That Sunday Morning 61
Ecce Homo 62
Dido Revisited 63
Prodigal 2 64