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15. Madonna, Sex, ed. Glenn O’Brien (Warner Books, New York, 1992), 12.
16. Heymann, Ezra Pound: The Last Rower, 64.
17. John Tytell, Ezra Pound: The Solitary Volcano (Doubleday, New York, 1987), 293.
18. Noel Stock, Ezra Pound: Poet in Exile (Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, 1964), 258.
19. Tytell, Ezra Pound: The Solitary Volcano, 246.
20. Ibid., 278.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid.
23. Carroll F. Terrell, A Companion to the Cantos of Ezra Pound (University of California Press, Berkeley, 1980), 29.
24. Lisa Armstrong, “Death, S&M, Violence and Religion Were All There on Alexander McQueen’s Catwalk,” Times (London), February 11, 2010.
25. “Politics of Culture: Considering David Foster Wallace,” Bookworm radio broadcast, KCRW, September 16, 2008.
26. Tytell, Ezra Pound: The Solitary Volcano, 247.
27. J. G. Pilkington, trans., The Confessions of St. Augustine (Liveright Publishing, New York, 1942, Black and Gold Edition), 314.
28. Salikah: A Student’s Digest (blog), August 1, 2007, http://salikah.blogspot.com/2007/08/something-of-confession.html.
29. Thomas J. Lucente Jr., “More Disgusting Behavior from Islamic Thugs,” Light of Liberty (blog), April 2, 2009, http://www.lucente.org/blog/category/religion.
30. Eliot, Waste Land, 97.
31. Terrell, Companion to the Cantos of Ezra Pound, 372.
32. Heymann, Ezra Pound: The Last Rower, 52–53.
A Note on the Author
JOSHUA CODY received his bachelor’s degree in music composition from Northwestern University, and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Columbia University. He is a composer living in New York City. This is his first book.
Author’s Note
The text that follows is a memoir. With the exception of members of my immediate family, I have altered the names and scenarios of all persons figured herein in order to preserve their privacy. Thank you for your understanding. We will now return to the program.
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