Swan Electric

contents

See It Does Rise

The Wise Word, The Good Word

English as a Second Language

Music through the Ceiling

Song of Yes and No

1. Was There No Telephone?

2. They Were All Crazy

3. What Would Happen Then

4. Cold and Dignified

5. Dial-an-Edict

7. Cosi fan tutte

8. The Next Little Dollar

10. Summer Out of Town

11. Coffee & Dolls

12. Opera Interlude

14. Funny Weather

Failed Marriages of the Movie Stars

That’s What I Said

She Runs with Her Skirts Up

Across from Grace

Although Many Things Make Me Nervous and Sad

2. Jimmy Stewart

3. Dancing Bear

4. Dead Brother

5. The Women Who Won’t Appear

6. Blake and Snake

Coda: Swan Electric

Acknowledgments

Also by April Bernard