For the rest of the evening I will post little excerpts from books newly arrived here at The Bookery. Here are some instant classics (well, they're actually from 1972) from "The November Exercises" in David Antin's Talking:

Sunday, November 1

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(11:29 PM): Yung Kian went rambling to the East borne along by a gentle breeze and ran into Hung Mung, who was likewise rambling around slapping himself on the ass and hopping around like a great bird. "What are you up to, Venerable One?" Yung Kiang asked. Hung Mung went on hopping up and down and slapping his ass. "Digging the scene. Digging the scene."

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Saturday, November 7

(10:32 PM): He said "The fish come out and play among the waters. That is the enjoyment of fish." The other said "You aren't a fish. How do you know what constitutes the enjoyment of fish?" He said "You aren't me. How do you now I don't know what constitutes the enjoyment of fish." "I am not you and I don't know you very well. But I know you are not a fish and therefore you can't know what constitutes the enjoyment of fish."

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Thursday, November 12

(11:17 PM): A thing is called by its name through the constant application of its name to it. How is this so? It's so because it's so. How is it not so It's not so because it's not so. Everything has an inherent character and a proper capability. There is nothing which doesn't have these. A stalk of corn, an I-beam, a deformed man and Marilyn Monroe. Things great andinsecure, crafty and strange. Frank O'Hara said that nobody could be his friend who wasn't Marilyn Monroe's friend. Was Marilyn Monroe Frank O'Hara's friend?