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June 2010

This organizing solitude

by Charles Martin

        I have thought that my paintings of gorillas
        in some sense constituted an autobiography.
        —Miquel Barcelò

        

        1.
        Your Life in Letters asks a rearrangement
        Of that very thing—better look before you
                Leap: this can’t be done in stages,
        It’s yes or no, commitment or estrangement.
        I mean if, say, a year from now you’re bored, who
              &nbs ...

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Charles Martin's most recent book of poems is Starting from Sleep (Overlook).


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This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 28 June 2010, on page 26

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