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While studying Stein manuscripts at the Beinecke library, Beth turned out to be a poor steward of history. Taking notes, she used red pen, which leaked onto the precious pages of the Mama of Dada.
Beth’s guilt was great, only mitigated by the implausible hope that a future scholar, studying the same pages, might mistake the origin of the accidental mark and conclude Stein bled ink.
Noel Sloboda lives in Pennsylvania, where he serves as dramaturg for the Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival and teaches at Penn State York. His writing has appeared in venues based in the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Canada. Look for recent work in Chronogram, Vulcan, Keyhole Magazine, bottle rockets, Gentle Strength Quarterly, Poems Niederngasse, and Pen Pusher. He is also busy with a collection forthcoming from sunnyoutside.
Copyright © 2008 Noel Sloboda
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