Emily Dickinson’s Victory comes late— first appears in a letter (absent any contents but the poem) sent to Samuel Bowles, editor of the Springfield Republican, in late 1861 or, at the latest, early 1862:
George W. Bush’s presidency was marked by a number of noteworthy events.
Even among those prone to view the governing structure of economic activity with deep suspicion or, at the very least, resigned dismay, there has generally been a belief that whatever else business does, it undeniably does do what it does.
In the still jungle of the senses lay A tiger soundly sleeping, till one day A bold young hunter chanced to come that way.
“Give ’em the old three ring circus Stun and stagger ’em When you’re in trouble, go into your dance
“Everybody’s after easy money. Gambling, throwing dice. Can’t tell whose money is whose. I hear the sake brewer’s become a silk trader. Says he’ll pay more than the silk merchant.”
I Heroic icons produced by the story of American history have often been put to use in the service of the office of the presidency, typically to harmonize as well as possible the President’s preexisting personality traits or image with a ready-made figure evocative of “the real America” or “what America is all about.“
“What a blessing, then, to own trousers which fit properly.” In March and April of 2011, The Straddler presented its second theatrical production, Trousers, by Dan Monaco, at IRT Theater in Manhattan.