Wallace Stevens: The Platonist Celebrates Endless Change,

The Winner Gives Up His Chance To Be A Good Sport.

Laughter Scares Off Lust.

Placing The Extraordinary At The Center Of The Ordinary, As Realism Does, Is A Great Comfort To Us Stay-at-homes.

Modernized By Tin Roofs And T-shirts, Third World Poverty Is No Longer Picturesque.

Imagination Awakens Ambition, Then Causes It To Lose Its Way.