THE POET FINDS HIS ACTRESS
“God,” he gulped, tearing down his pants, “I wanna be the third of your
five husbands — the one…”
“Oh! Honey! Yes! You!” She opened in love, in trust, beneath him. “The
one who makes the funeral arrangements!”
•
LOOP
“Give me a beer!” Tom who wants to be a painter said, coming in and
pounding his fist on the good wood of the bar.
“It’s done man. We’re doing it. We’re doing the divorce. Two fucking
years. I feel sentient and lean for the first time in a year and ten
months.
“Now I need to find me a girl and get down to work.”
•
KARL REMATERIALIZING
Lately, on the street, at the bank, I’ve been seeing guys who look like
Karl — two last week and then, today, another one.
He must be coming home soon.
IIn addition to authoring multiple collections of short fiction along with commentary on a variety of subjects (see his About page), Robert Levin is also a prominent jazz critic.
Called by Nat Hentoff “a writer from whom I always learn something,” Robert Levin is a jazz critic whose work focuses on free jazz. Writing since the 1950s, he has contributed to Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, All About Jazz and Downbeat. He’s the coauthor of two books on free jazz and has penned more than 100 liner notes for major labels like Blue Note. They include albums by John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. His criticism and memoirs reflect long-standing, first-hand engagement with the musicians and movement he documents.