Stop Making Sense

By James Parker

Nonsense--like fear, sex and heavy metal--is a principle in life. At the very top of things, above all the heaving and the straining, there is a permanent layer of bubbling superfluity, of pristine biological froth: This is nonsense. Oddly, it can be quite hard to [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    I enjoyed your article very much, and therefore wished to say what

    Mexico Posted by Carla on Jul 30, 2005 at 3:39 PM

    It was interesting to read the comment that Wallace Stevens supposedly made in 1959—he died in 1955!
    Also, it’s news to me that “The Emperor of Ice-Cream” was written in the 30’s.  The poem appears in Stevens’ first book, “Harmonium”, published in 1923.

    There’s all kinds of nonsense out there, eh?

    United States Posted by prosk on Aug 11, 2005 at 9:11 AM
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