THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING BOB

for Bob Perelman

characterization.

of my aversion to

grace. Bob’s distrust

Bob’s considered

numinous nominalism.

tual autobiographology. Bob’s

lusions. Bob’s concept-

Bob’s classical sec-

incunabula.

generosity. Bob’s Bethlehem. Bob’s

Bob’s discretion. Bob’s

ventriloquism. Bob’s casual attire

surrealism. Bob’s

being difficult. Bob’s social realist

charming, reader. Bob’s difficulty

sometimes

you, fickle yet disarming, odious but

resilience. Bob’s direct address to

entropic

homeopathic Jewishness. Bob’s

Bob’s talk. Bob’s

resistance. Bob’s tactical humor.

Quemoy & Matsu. Bob’s strategic

Bob’s legible illegibility. Bob’s