The Holy Spirit of Life: Essays Written for John Ashcroft's Secret Self

by Wenderoth, Joe

• ISBN13: 9780974635378
• ISBN10: 0974635375
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Wave Books

Summary

Wenderoth moves from outrageous premises to piercing insights in his first book since Letters to Wendy's.

Table of Contents

IN REVERENCE
The Rape Of Mayberry	13	(8)
Letters From The American Poet	21	(8)
The Holy Spirit Of Life	29	(6)
Crazy	35	(6)
Respecting The Chasm	41	(6)
Laving The Chuff	47	(4)
In Response To The Disciplinary Action Taken Against Me By The Human Resource Manager	51	(4)
Personality	55	(6)
THE SOULS OF WHITE FOLK
The Souls Of White Folk	61	(6)
Fuck-Sounds In The Classroom	67	(4)
Regarding The Campus Evangelists	71	(6)
Twenty-Five Ways To Make Love Without Having Sex	77	(4)
Bringing Freaks To Campus	81	(4)
This Trying Not To Tell The Story	85	(6)
Defining Ground Zero	91	(8)
ABUNDANT HEALTH AND LEISURE
My Heart Says There's No Place To Go	99	(6)
Semiotics: Dehiscence Is Never/Always Sought	105	(4)
Memo: To The Department	109	(4)
The Lumberjack's Melancholy Pussy	113	(6)
Impediments To Democracy	119	(4)
Genuine People: Talking This Way, Everything Dissolves	123	(10)
Meditation At Cleveland	133	(4)
An Eye For An Eye For An Eye	137	(4)
Withstanding Seizure	141	(10)
Outside The Hospital	151	(8)
The Imaginary Tunnel	159	(9)
Acknowledgments	168