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...obfuscation in order to make the metaphorical point. Herbert's own oblique language is captured in the phrase "forgotten leafy speech," an image which charms with the power of forgotten myth, an alibi against any accusations po-mo linguistic pretension. By recalling sleep, dreams, unrecoverable history (see "About Troy") and the personalities of dumb material objects (see "Elegy for the Departure of Pen Ink and Lamp"), Herbert selects the very topics that demand linguistic self-consciousness, save that topic of genocide and terror which Adorno famously said would make "all lyricafter the holocaust...barbaric...

Author: By Benjamin E. Lytal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Zbigniew H. Dies, a Master | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

...inefficient. The move would have occurred regardless of any tax incentives, which to date have been less than $155,000, not the $2 million cited. Furthermore, the company announced the closing in December 1994, more than six months before the relocation. JOSEPH DEERING, PRESIDENT PMI Food Equipment Group Troy, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 25, 1999 | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

...Denver defense, meanwhile, dominated against an offense also missing two key starters, tight end Troy Drayton and left tackle Richmond Webb...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Broncos Buck Dolphins | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...children who have problems that require drug intervention, but forcing children to be dependent on a drug to regulate their behavior merely reflects society's unwillingness to take responsibility for its actions. There are too many unknowns to be prescribing this drug so broadly to children. PRADNYA PARULEKAR Troy, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 21, 1998 | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

Among the reviews this issue were Floating, Troy's senior thesis, and By the Light of my Father's Smile, Walker's latest work...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First Issue of Book Review Hits Dorms | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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