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    Max's Notebook
    Max's Notebook
    Max's Notebook
    Ebook27 pages17 minutes

    Max's Notebook

    By Guy Gallo

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    A short story about love and loss.

    Experimental fiction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGuy Gallo
    Release dateJul 17, 2010
    ISBN9781452362212
    Max's Notebook
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    Guy Gallo

    Guy Gallo was born and raised in New Orleans and has lived in the Northeast since escaping soon after high school.Among his produced screenplays: Under the Volcano, directed by John Huston; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, directed by Peter Hunt; The Enormous Radio, an episode of Tales from the Dark Side.His poetry and fiction have been published in BOMB and the Mississippi Review.Guy has taught screenwriting at the Film Division of the Columbia University School of the Arts for over twenty years. He also teaches at Columbia and Barnard College. And has taught the history of modern drama at Princeton and NYU.

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      Accidental Rain

      There was a brief moment once, as we reached the apex of the Manhattan Bridge, when the setting sun pierced the thin opening between rain clouds and horizon, casting the Westward side of Wall Street into a sudden blood orange glow, while the Eastern edges were all still and grey and pounded by black rain. By the time we landed on the island, the sun had set and the world was only overcast and wet.

      The Other One

      Tension. Late night. Wait for hours to sleep. Talk. More talk.

      --Not life this living way for me, the first one says.

      I, some part wandering to the other one, strongly, with borrowed temporary will, agree. Such a big heart, such a big false heart, such a false big heart this boy has.

      Then tears. Oh, oh tears. We are so close and my care, my care so clear, my care from such a heart, such a strong old heart. Only the best, of course, only the best for everyone, all time all time only the best intended for everyone. Of course. Anyone can see that.

      Sleep, sobbing consoled in comfort so close. True we have been, what

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