Where on the spectrum of loyalty and betrayal does song begin? And where does it end? I think each writer has to decide this over and over.
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Sharon Olds
Burnt Umber by John Egner
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- Two Paintings by Robin Bruch
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John Egner, Burnt Umber, 1980, oil on canvas, 106 × 174 inches.
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Originally published in
BOMB 4,
Fall 1982
Georgia Marsh, Paul Bowles, Michael McClard, Olivier Mosset & Fred Brathwaite, and Duncan Hannah. Cover by Mary Heilmann.
