NP - new novel by Joyce Carol Oates

[alice wellintown]

And what of the boy, the lad in Frost's famous poem, "Out, Out--", who
has his life blood sawed from him like so much fire wood as the sun
sets, as the essence of time spills from his spirit as Grace, in a
snarling saw ripps his soul from his body?

"Time is of the Essence" is a legal term or phrase, used not only for
RE closings, but in other legal matters, but it doesn't apply to Jesus
or Easter, though he was, of course, tried and executed for his
crimes, and the timing of these events were, in legal and political
terms, essential and without passion, but the Passion is outside of
time's essence, is Sacred.


On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:51 AM,  <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:
> Well, she's either very guilty, or not- depending on yer p.o.v.- of Sloth,
> if that's what it takes to commit writing. But that expression, "time on
> your hands," is interesting. Is it something you can wash off, or, like Lady
> Macbeth, never be quite rid of? We too often take these common metaphors for
> and about time for granted.
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> I was reminded of this yesterday, at the annual St Paddy's Day gathering,
> when someone waiting their designated ride home (by me), made the comment:
> "time is of the essence." Before I could put my coat and baseball cap on,
> one of the lawyers present advised that "time is of the essence" is actually
> a legal term referring to real estate closings. Once a date has been set,
> and the expression appears in the legal communication between them, the
> parties involved have three days to close the deal (at least in these
> parts). Not sure why it's three days, but this legal tidbit did remind me
> that Easter is upon us, early this year, and once the sun set on Good
> Friday, that deal was closed within three days.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
> Cc: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Sun, Mar 17, 2013 11:25 am
> Subject: Re: NP - new novel by Joyce Carol Oates
>
> This woman has too much time  on her hands.   Fourteen novels and eleven
> short
> story collections since 2000!  (sigh)
>
> Bekah
> Life is too short to read bad books,  drink bad coffee or knit with ugly
> yarn.
>
> On Mar 17, 2013, at 7:25 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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