Author Archives: Jeremy Denk

Questions

While waiting to know what will happen to the forlorn Cheeto I couldn’t resist the pull of Matthew Guerrieri’s quiz. 1. Name an opera you love for the libretto, even though you don’t particularly like the music. General Hospital. (The Young and the Restless has much better music.) 2. Name a piece you wish Glenn […]

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A lone Cheeto sits on my floor, forlorn.

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The Easy Button

Spring everywhere. Even the smell of paper in Staples was fresher, like it was about to bloom back into trees. Riotous piles of multicolored paperclips like tulips. A boy stood in front of me, blocking my path. “Mom? Where are you? Where are you?” He was apostrophizing a pile of index cards. I had a […]

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Touchstone

I am prone like many concertgoers to terrible, quasi-spiritual restlessness. I wiggle about my cushion. I creak and sigh. My legs take turns becoming unhappily aware of themselves. My mind gives up, surrenders helplessly to the pointless rustle of my program booklet. Agh. What do I possibly think I will find there? The other week […]

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