tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post7459191671293184256..comments2023-12-28T16:38:26.304-08:00Comments on ACravan: Crime Club (Weldon Kees)ACravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-68130399247086871902012-02-18T07:53:29.507-08:002012-02-18T07:53:29.507-08:00Amazingly, when I had my first job interview at th...Amazingly, when I had my first job interview at the Brooklyn District Attorney's office, the person interviewing me actually sat in front of a green chalkboard featuring a body outline. It was disconcerting. What made the interview even odder was the fact that the ADA with whom I spoke was another refugee art historian from NYU's Institute of Fine Arts. (Definitely the only other one in the office.) He was a very funny, nice person given to flights of gallows humor (it really comes with the job) and began describing certain Criminal Court rituals in terms of the opera Fidelio. I just tried to stay on track and answer the questions correctly. What was great was that it was a one-day interview process. If you didn't wash out, after about eight conversations over eight hours, you were escorted in to meet the DA (Liz Holtzman) who congratulated you and served you coffee and cookies. I'll never forget that day -- January 13, 1982 -- Caroline's birthday and the day that airliner went down in the Potomac. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-17295916441287012602012-02-18T07:47:29.083-08:002012-02-18T07:47:29.083-08:00Wow. This is something. Your earlier posts got me...Wow. This is something. Your earlier posts got me excited and I read through many of the Collected Poems. It's such a slim volume, so I followed Donald Justice's advice and tried to experience them as a whole and it was gripping. (Still is.) Choosing one (or three) to concentrate on made it more so. You may be familiar with this long article: <br /><br />http://www.westword.com/1994-07-20/news/kees-to-the-kingdom/<br /><br />I came across it trying to track down who Norris Getty was. <br /><br />Anyway, based on some of the things I faced and was thinking about this week, the Kees poems and story resonated.<br /><br />CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-80263358010946834552012-02-18T07:21:24.750-08:002012-02-18T07:21:24.750-08:00Curtis,
Love the spooky symmetry of this clue-set...Curtis,<br /><br />Love the spooky symmetry of this clue-set.<br /><br />Looks like this is <a href="http://roundbendpress.blogspot.com/2012/02/weldon-kees.html" rel="nofollow">Weldon's Week</a>!TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.com