The Generation Before

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. I. The Time Of Year, The Time Of Day
4. Poem About People 3
5. The Time Of Year, The Time Of Day 5
6. Ceremony For Any Beginning 6
7. Waiting 7
8. December Blues 9
9. Discretions Of Alcibiades 10
10. Tennis 13
11. II. Sadness And Happiness
12. Sadness And Happiness 19
13. III. Persons
14. To My Father 31
15. Old Woman 33
16. Library Scene 34
17. First Early Mornings Together 36
18. The Sentences 37
19. Daughter 38
20. The Personal Devil 41
21. Spelunker 42
22. The Generation Before 44
23. IV. The Street Of Furthest Memory
24. The Street Of Furthest Memory 47
25. Long Branch, New Jersey 48
26. Doctor Frolic 49
27. Pleasure Pier 50
28. The Destruction Of Long Branch 51
29. The Beach Women 53
30. V. Essay On Psychiatrists
31. Essay On Psychiatrists 57