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...seemed in many ways the odd woman out among her generation of U.S. poets, and not only because of her gender. Elizabeth Bishop (1911-79) suffered none of the public breakdowns, burnouts and crack-ups that afflicted such talented contemporaries as Robert Lowell, Delmore Schwartz, John Berryman, Randall Jarrell and Theodore Roethke. "You are the soberest poet we've had here yet," a secretary at the University of Washington once told her; she cherished the comment and repeated it to others. Bishop's public image seemed serene -- photographs taken well into her middle years invariably show small features arranged impassively...
...easier, and the proverbial fish and cotton are starting to rise from their slumber. Moreover, since this column will hereafter strictly concern politics, education and books, this may be my last opportunity to reflect quixotically on eros and the public sphere. Indulge me this once, and then forever after, crack the scourge of reason upon my back...
...Drug traffickers use Sao Paulo prostitutes to distribute crack...
Such public bellicosity was too much for President F.W. de Klerk, who had been under A.N.C. pressure for weeks to crack down on Buthelezi and Inkatha. De Klerk could hesitate no longer. He declared a state of emergency in Natal Province, which includes the KwaZulu homeland where Buthelezi is chief minister. It will now be up to South Africa's army and police to control the incessant political violence in the region and make sure that voting in the country's first all-race elections can take place there on April 26, 27 and 28, despite Inkatha's fierce opposition...
They need not have worried. On the cusp of 40, Costello shakes off the cobwebs with Brutal Youth, a collection of 15 sinewy songs that marks his , reunion with the Attractions, the crack band that backed him on some of his best work of the '70s and '80s. Boisterous and piercing, Brutal Youth moves nimbly from caustic rock to hushed ballads, at times recapturing the brilliance of Costello's best days. "The twitching impulse is to speak your mind," he sneers on All the Rage. "I'll lend you my microscope, and maybe you'll find...