My kindergarten class was gathered on the rug for afternoon circle time. Our teacher, Mrs. Murphy, was a lover of music, and I had informed her that I’d recently started taking piano lessons. Though I ...
On a piano keyboard, which mimics the human vocal range, the middle C is the C closest to the center. That’s Joseph Skizzen — the protagonist of William H. Gass’ long-awaited follow-up to his 1995 ...