It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Monday, September 2, 2024

Does Queen Margaret Know You Quoted Dawn Powell Again?

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Of course
Queen Margaret [Atwood]
knows I quoted 
Dawn Powell,
from whom NO ONE
more that Atwood learned
to shine the brightest
as a writer
 
BUT
Margaret also knew
making her readers aware of
could have disastrous results
and screams of "plagiarism"
 
Both Margaret Atwood and Paul Oliverio
know that
the setting for "The Bride's Tale
—despite the obvious Biblical significance—
is  Gilead
to subtly honor the birthplace 
of Dawn Powell
which is 
 
However, this page primarily exists
to strengthen the connection 
between Atwood and myself
because in 1973,
—before publication of her first novel—
she read her poetry on air 
at WBAI in New York
[listener-sponsored radio]
the same year
a volunteer driver
named Paul Yellowvan
spent a lot of time
in their studio,
handling a lot of big equipment
 
The first "gift" I treated myself to
with inheritance money 
from my parents
was the purchase
of a 1971 Ford Econoline Van
pictured below:
 
Whitestone NY 11357
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2 comments:

  1. Do you really think Margaret Atwood knows who you are?

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    1. After reading 25 of her books, I am certain she knows me
      as well as I know the back of a stranger's hand

      -Oliverio

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