Everything is Personal

Everything is Personal

Anne Carson

When building up and tearing down are simultaneous experiences.

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Laurie Stone
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Anne Carson

I remember when I could not tell the difference between good ice cream and bad ice cream. I could not tell the difference between a good movie and a bad movie. I was a child. All ice cream was cool and creamy and sweet. All movies were color and motion and suspension in the dark.

When Spalding Gray, the great solo performer, was building his e…

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