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Published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC, New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, Penguin Random House companies. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.,  \nNew York, in 2001.  \nOwing to limitations of space, acknowledgments for permission to reprint previously published  \nmaterial may be found on this page.  \nVintage is a registered trademark and Vintage Contemporaries and colophon are trademarks of  \nRandom House, Inc.  \nThe Library of Congress has cataloged the Knopf edition as follows:  \nCarson, Anne.  \nPlainwater : essays and poetry / by Anne Carson.—1st ed.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nISBN 0-679-43178-0  \nI. Title.  \nPS3553 .A766P58 1995  \n814′.54—dc20 94-42900  \nCIP  \neBook ISBN: 978-1-101-91127-3  \nVintage ISBN: 0-375-70842-1  \n[www.vintagebooks.com](www.vintagebooks.com)  \nCover design: Carol Devine Carson  \nCover photograph: Clarence White © Royal Photographic Society/National Media  \nMuseum/Science & Society  \nFor Ben Sonnenberg / gentleman ofthe first water  \nCONTENTS  \nCover Title Page Copyright Dedication  \nNote to Readers ofthe eBook Edition  \nPART I Mimnermos: The Brainsex Paintings PART II Short Talks  \nPART III Canicula di Anna PART IV The Life of Towns  \nPART V The Anthropology of Water  \nAbout the Author  \nOther Books by This Author  \nNote to Readers ofthe eBook Edition  \nThis book contains long lines of poetry. The line below is the longest in the book.  \nIn the sixteenth century there were lines and there were perspectives.  \nIf this line is breaking on your e-reader, please click here to view the book in its original print format, per the author’s intent. You may also choose to decrease the font-size setting and/or view the book in landscape format until the entire line fits on your screen. This may not be possible on all e-reading devices.  \nPART IMIMNERMOS: THE BRAINSEX  \nPAINTINGS  \nfr. 1  \nWhat Is Life Without Aphrodite?  \nHe seems an irrepressible hedonist as he asks his leading question.  \nUp to your honeybasket hilts in her ore—or else Death? for yes  \nhow gentle it is to go swimming inside her the secret swimming Of men and women but (no) then  \nthe night hide toughens over it (no) then bandages Crusted with old man smell (no) then  \nbowl gone black nor bud nor boys nor women nor sun no Spores (no) at (no) all when  \nGod nor hardstrut nothingness close its fist on you.  \nfr. 2  \nAll We as Leaves  \nHe (following Homer) compares man ’s lfi e with the leaves.  \nAll we as leaves in the shock of it: spring—  \none dull gold bounce and you’re there.  \nYou see the sun?—I built that.  \nAs a lad. The Fates lashing their tails in a corner.  \nBut (let me think) wasn’t it a hotel in Chicago  \nwhere I had the first of those—my body walking out ofthe room bent on some deadly errand  \nand me up on the ceiling just sort offading out—brainsex paintings I used to call them?  \nIn the days when I (so to speak) painted.  \nRemember  \nthat oddly wonderful chocolate we got in East (as it was then) Berlin?  \nfr. 3  \nHowever Fair He May Once Have Been  \nIn the offing he sees old age.  \nYes lovely one it’s today forever now what’s that shadow unzipping your every childfingered wherefrom?  \nfr. 4  \nTo Tithonos (God’s Gift)  \nFor poor Tithonos.  \nThey (on the one hand) made his chilly tears immortal neglecting to tell him  \nhis eyes were not.  \n(853ff)  \nfr. 5  \nA Sudden Unspeakable Sweat Floweth Down My Skin  \nHe gazes, perhaps he blames.  \nSweat. It’s just sweat. But I do like to look at them.  \nYouth is a dream where I go every night and wake with just this little jumping bunch of arteries  \nin my hand.  \nHard, darling, to be sent behind their borders.  \nCarrying a stone in each eye.  \nfr. 6  \nBetwixt Thee and Me Let There Be Truth","cbCaikhx6hOtnly0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikhx6hOtnly0","pdf",1416857,258,"English","# Contents\n## PART I Mimnermos: The Brainsex Paintings\n## PART II Short Talks\n## PART III Canicula di Anna\n## PART IV The Life of Towns\n## PART V The Anthropology of Water\n## About the Author\n## Other Books by This Author\n## Note to Readers of the eBook Edition","[{\"question\":\"What are the main parts included in Plainwater?\",\"answer\":\"The table of contents lists five main parts: “Mimnermos: The Brainsex Paintings,” “Short Talks,” “Canicula di Anna,” “The Life of Towns,” and “The Anthropology of Water,” followed by author-related sections and eBook reader notes.\"},{\"question\":\"What kind of writing does Plainwater contain?\",\"answer\":\"Plainwater is presented as “essays and poetry,” with the excerpt showing multiple numbered poetic fragments under Part I.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the eBook note address long lines of poetry?\",\"answer\":\"It explains that the book contains long lines and provides reading instructions for e-readers, including viewing the original print format and adjusting font size or landscape mode so the line fits the screen.\"}]","Plainwater - essays and poetry | PDF",1791237035,397]