| Description |
xvi, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Essays, poems, and a dialogue. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Lambs: 1. Introducing our argument: In the red light: a history of the Republican convention in 1964 -- 2. Our argument picturesquely continued: My hope for America: a review of a book by Lyndon B. Johnson -- 3. Argument most soberly continued: A vote for Bobby K. ; Lindsay and the city -- 4. Our argument is abruptly advanced: A speech at Berkeley on Vietnam Day ; A happy solution to Vietnam: from a Partisan Review symposium -- 5. Argument now mildly illumined -- pt. 2. Lions: 6. Argument reinvigorated: Some children of the goddess ; Executioner's song: a poem ; Case against McCarthy: a review of The group ; Witches and warlocks: poems and short hairs ; Punching Papa: a review of That summer in Paris ; Wake: short hairs ; Leading man: a review of J.F.K.: the man and the myth -- 7. Line of argument noted -- pt. 3. Respites: 8. Line of argument further noted: A television show with Nelson Algren ; Boites and bruisers: poems and short hairs -- 9. Our argument somewhat continued: Petty notes on some sex in America ; Petty poems on some sex in America ; Art of fiction: a Paris Review interview -- 10. Our argument all but discontinued: Killer: a story ; Ministers of taste: a story -- 11. Our argument advertised once more: Architectural excerpts: a piece for The New York Times; a statement for architectural forum seminars: a poem -- pt. 4. Arena: 12. Our argument fully resumed: First day's interview -- 13. A note of apology to the first day's interview as a way of preparation for what follows: Metaphysics of the belly ; Breadlines: poems and short hairs -- 14. Our argument at last presented: Political economy of time -- 15. Argument all but concluded: Responses and reactions -V -- 16. A note of modest conclusion: Last night: a story ; In the Jardin exotique of Eze: a poem. |
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