A Saturday Night at the Flying Dog

by Southwick, Marcia

• ISBN13: 9780932440853
• ISBN10: 0932440851
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Oberlin College Pr

Summary

High-spirited and unpredictable, Marcia Southwick's third collection is, among other things, a remarkable mirror of our place and time. With unrelenting curiosity and brio, she reflects our materialistic culture right back at us, showing us the world we

Table of Contents

Augury	1	(1)
Small Miracles	2	(1)
Twenty Ways to Tie a Sarong	3	(1)
My Sisters, the Oysters	4	(1)
The Winter of Our Discontent & Other Seasons	5	(2)
Dorothy and Toto in New York	7	(1)
Medusa, 1996	8	(1)
Stone Worship	9	(1)
Two Fairy Tale Figures Give Me Advice	10	(2)
Why I Hang Out with Nerds	12	(2)
Kriya	14	(1)
Poets Anonymous	15	(1)
The Amish on Rollerblades	16	(1)
An Invitation to New York	17	(1)
Fast Lane	18	(2)
I'll Never Be Joanna	20	(1)
Chinese Box	21	(1)
Four Significant Childhoods	22	(5)
The Mood Museum	27	(7)
A Menagerie of Strangers	34	(5)
A Saturday Night at the Flying Dog	39	(2)
Black Pearls	41	(1)
Earthly Light	42	(1)
A Vacation in Boca Isn't Rilke	43	(1)
A Portrait of Larry with Trogons	44	(1)
A Walk Along the Fox River	45	(1)
The Star Salesman	46	(2)
The World's Greatest Electrician	48	(2)
Bodysitters, Inc.	50	(1)
Psychic Friends Network	51	(2)
The Virgin of Guadelupe	53	(1)
A Star is Born in the Eagle Nebula	54	(2)
The Lighter-Than-Air Society	56	(3)
Notes	59	(2)
Acknowledgments	61