Wanda Landowska

Wanda Landowska

How many times are required to remove the terror of riding the cyclone? You can tolerate a certain amount of fear with practice! But the pulse is always going to quicken as your opponent approaches you in a boxing ring. That is one of the reasons for the jab. The jab is also what you need to set up an attack. In rhetoric, prolepsis, the anticipation of a question before it’s asked, is an accommodation to the fear created by uncertainty, particularly when you’re facing a canny opponent like the late Gore Vidal. William F. Buckley, the author of God and Man at Yale might have profited from a little defensive work before his famous showdown with his famously erudite opponent. Playing harpsichord, as Buckley did, undoubtedly helped shore up the blows. BTW, no one mentions Wanda Landowska anymore. Getting back to Coney Island and other places that make you feel your stomach coming up on you, remember the Steeplechase? Everybody has one in their lives. More likely it's a person who takes you on a ride.

read "Rhododendron" by Francis Levy, The East Hampton Star

and read "Punk" by Francis Levy, The East Hampton Star