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In the drawingof a cell straininglaterally to splitthere’s no sensethat it hurts, butwhy wouldn’t it.It must be ashard to doubleas half die. Inwhich eventan organism’sasked to reabsorba half gone black,back…

It’s what we can’tknow that interestsus—the pre-Greeksor Australopithicus—where there are moreabsences and breaksthan bits of boneor pot. It’s notnews, but itfascinates—ourlove of hints, ourmending minds thatlove to patch upother times…

It seemsimpossible—not just aship in abottle butwind and sea.The ship startsto struggle—anemergency of thetoo realized werealize. We canget it out butnot withoutspilling its world.A hammer tapand they’re free.Which deathwill it…

Kay Ryan

In practice, it took 45 minutes to get his stride.It was hard for Monk to play Monk.—National Public Radio It may be thatMonk is alwaysplaying Monk butdown the hall. There…

Even howthe crowwalks iscriss crossesas thougheach stepchecked thelast. No oneknows whyhe advancesas well as hedoes orcould expectthat laughablecroak to workin so manycircumstances. —Kay Ryan Kay Ryan’s most recent book is The…

Only the one ismusical, actually.The others areordinary, mostlyfrom the kitchen.Not a peep ofmusic out of themas they are takenfrom rotation. Mumchairs, tunelessracks, dumbsticks,next to theescalating operaticravishmentsof banishmentsung to the childrenby…

—Francisco de Zurbarán Like twogiant’s hands,shade andgravity colludeto squeeze awaythe light and leavethe clay, ruedZurbarán. Whichmeans he has tofind a counter wayto paint, unless hewants his orangestoo to stick, gluedinto…

Like standingon splitting iceone foot on oneone on theother piece.Distressed likethe family of manat the divorceof the plates:some cast intoa suddenly newworld as thoughhaving sinned;those kept behindtrapped andbereft. But ina…

...one sometimes does have a sense thatthere is a double floor someplace...—W. G. Sebald The dual pupiledfrog eye canscan for foodand troubleabove and belowthe water at once. Many forms ofdoubleness…