The Pure Unknown

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. I
5. The Waiting Room 1
6. After the Shipwreck 5
7. The Crazy Lady Speaking 6
8. The Exchange 7
9. Fisherman 8
10. The Raven of Death 9
11. Camping by the Pacific 10
12. The Pleiades in December: Line of Sight 11
13. The End of the Line 12
14. Ceremony of the Bathtub 13
15. As in a Gallery 14
16. In Spring Rain 15
17. Moon and Earth 16
18. II
19. To Kill the Dove 19
20. Downstairs 23
21. Ceremony of the Box 24
22. The Call 25
23. The Demonstration 26
24. The Terrorist Trial and the Games 27
25. This Dreamer Cometh 28
26. The History of America 29
27. San Juan Waterfront 30
28. Those Who Know Do Not Speak, Those Who Speak Do Not Know 31
29. Three Women 32
30. Two Writers: For J. D 35
31. The Long Horn 36
32. Like Fruit 38
33. III
34. Message from the Sleeper at Hell's Mouth 39
35. The Impulse of Singing 48
36. Homecoming 49
37. The Runner 51
38. Homage to Dante 53
39. Homage to Matisse 54
40. Anecdote with Flowers: 1919 56
41. A Minor Van Gogh (He Speaks) 57
42. Waterlilies and Japanese Bridge 58
43. For the Daughters 60
44. IV
45. The Diver 61
46. The Pure Unknown 64
47. Like an Orphan 65
48. The Blood 66
49. Ceremony of Houses 67
50. Dream: The Disclosure 68
51. The Voices 69
52. Dreaming of Her 70
53. Don't Be Afraid 71
54. The Courage 72
55. A Woman Walking in the Suburbs 73
56. Storm 74
57. Anxiety about Dying 75
58. The Singing School 76
59. A NOTE ON "MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH" 77