Four Lectures Fourth Person Singular that brings the personal and

that brings the personal and the collective into startling relation

PACES THE CAGE considers a set of conditions—technical

property or housing came up in conversation

Filled with memory and loss

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Four Lectures Fourth Person Singular that brings the personal andStephen Rodefer Stephen Rodefer was an innovative, singular American writera student of Charles Olsons often associated with the Language poets but whose eclectic, energetic verse defies categorization and embraces a worldly lyricism all Rodefers own. Four Lecturesfirst published in 1982 by Geoffrey Youngs legendary press The Figures and long out of printis widely considered to be his masterpiece. It is a book of four long poems that explore the