I anticipate publishing a small volume of poems (section I below), followed by the remainder of Peter’s work in a second, considerably larger volume. To date (25 April 2012), nearly all of his work has been transcribed. So, this table of contents is reasonably complete in representing what may end up in print. If you have any correspondence or photographs that you would like to contribute, please let me know via email before the end of May 2012. Thank you.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Peter and Raymond meet at the candy store
I — Poems
Four Poems from Senegal
Aminata Toubab
On New Years
Wine, Cheese and Self-hatred
Valentine’s Day Poem
Suburban Cycle of Poems
Gothic Romance Reader’s Credo
Valium and Cocktails for Two
The Offering
Live on, Live on!
Domestic Life
Elegy to a Cat
Survivor
Mysteries of the Automobile
L’autre ne dît rien
Love Poems for Raymond
Sometime past midnight
Sunrise
5 September 1994
Chemistry
Invitation to the Voyage
Time is of the Essence
Safe Harbor
Silent Vigil
II — Stories
The End of Tribute
Nocturne
The Enemy
A Little Romance
Renata, Reina
La Plaie
The Wound (La Plaie, translation by Jack A. Urquhart)
We Have Always Been the Same Person
Infatuation
Myths from the World of Dreams
Ex Patria Café Society
III — Story Fragments, Story Lines
The Lone West Motel
The 9 Candles
E la nave va
Murder, My Deadly
Metamorphosis
Chain Gang Slut
Café Desperado
The Undead of the Airports
Milk Route
Storyboard for “A Life from Pirated Film Clips”
IV — A Play in One Act
“We have the stars…”
V — Notes for a Rock Opera
Manon Let’s Go
VI — Roman à Clef
Voyage to Passion’s Edge
VII — Academic Papers
Un Tableau Balzacien
La Vision Sandienne dans l’Evocation de François le Champi
Quel Art—Et à Qui?
The Undercover Stranger
VIII — Photographs
IX — Cartoon
Little Miss Trash
X — Travel Notes
Travels with Michael
The Grand Canyon
Do Not Try This at Home
XI — On Quilting
112 Pieces, or so
A work in progress: patterns and pieces (sketches and swatches)
XII — Quotable Peter Bell
Bell Peppers
Machiavellian Bell Peppers
Commencement Address
XIII — Correspondence
A Letter from the Chaplain
Ma chère
To Claudine
Last Notes to FAIS
XIV — Journal Entries
An eternal curse
XV — Last Days and Nights
Reconciliation
Final Wishes
Our Last Weekend
XVI — A Quilt for Peter
A Quilt for Peter
Obituary
Remembrance of Things Recurring, by Jack A Urquhart
Timeline
Documents
Afterword
About the author
About the editor & publisher
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