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every so often it is determined that we english grads need to refamiliarize ourselves with current search techniques and indexes, and so off we begrudgingly trudge to the basement of the library to dance with the search engines, and though mostly there's nothing new (under the fluorescent light or anywhere), last night's perusal did yeild a few interesting titles:

"A Sad Relation of a Dreadful Fire" (author: eye witness)

"Human Thighs and Susceptible Apes"

"Fix, Sex, and Cannibalism"

"Man Eating and Menace"

libraries are good. I worked in one in providence for a summer, and it was one of the best odd jobs I've taken on over the years... lots of sneaking into the stacks to read the sex books (yes I did) and old minutes of the republican party and whatever else struck my interest at the time, plus the daily reading of like 8 different newspapers, plus the disgruntled political chattering of the librarians. it was wonderful. maybe if this poet gig doesn't work out, which, let's face it... I'll take my place among the stacks of decimal'd orders...