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The Voice of Al - Audio excerpts from various works, read by Al himself:

Conjugal Visits

Buddhist Way Out West

Twilight

Sweet Blood Call

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Al's Point of View -

TO BE THE PERFECT FOOL

To be the perfect fool ain't all that bad.
You mess yourself up mostly, no one else
cares really what you do. Why should you add
more worry to their night? Go work your spells
elsewhere, someplace where pride and making sense
don't count. Jump to your own conclusion. Run.
Where fools and money part, you can dispense
with chance. All foolishness can be no fun.
You bet against yourself: the perfect fool.
Divine intelligence, the muse, the gods -
whatever works, or doesn't. What's uncool?
To put it plainly: Just what are the odds
of you, the lover, coming out ahead,
when bombs this sad world drops come down with bread?

- Al Young
December 2001

Al Young Biographies:

Al Speaks

Others Speak:

Al Young: Academy of American Poets Bio

Al Young: A Brief Bio with Crtitical Commentary (Bell & Howell Information & Learning)

About Al Young: A Profile by Don Lee

 

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