There are no neutral
facts. True, some facts —- sparrows
taking a mid-win-
ter dust bath—-have no
value in our schemes. Near the
new high rises they
roll and chirp, raising
the thirsty dust. I stop and
watch. My meeting can
wait. A fertile no-
thing is just the other side
of every thing.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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