Beth and I paid a visit to Jack Kimball today. that isn't necessarily news you need, but the visit extended to his reading aloud, and we reading from the monitor, a goodly portion of his manuscript Post Twyla. which I guess will be coming out fairly soon. Jack read from the work at his Demolicious reading last spring, we got an even larger dose today. it was nice to meet the work again. Post Twyla is some 280 pages, and not quite that many separate works, altho Jack said he regarded the whole thing as a poem, so I guess by works I mean sections. most of these sections are short, three lines or so, with a smattering of longer pieces. they all can stand alone tho they weave together well. Post Twyla offers a wonderful spectrum of tone. wickedness, tenderness, wisdom, ennui variously instigate the work. the view can be bizarre, oblique, hilarious and sometimes painfully straightforward. regard this post as fair warning. save up your lunch money for when Post Twyla becomes fully commodified.