Immaculate Conception : for Eileen Cowin By Louise Erdrich, \o7 From "Baptism of Desire: Poems" (Harper & Row: $16.95; 80 pp.\f7 ; \o7 0-06-016213-9). Erdrich is the author of three novels, of which the first, "Love Medicine," won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction. This, her second collection of poems, contains a long prose sequence featuring the Chippewa trickster, Potchikoo, and resuming a narrative begun in her first collection, "Jacklight." Erdrich is of Chippewa descent. 1989, Louise Erdrich. Reprinted by permission of Harper & Row\f7
In Memoriam: May Swenson \o7 The poet May Swenson died on Dec. 4, 1989, at age 70. One of her last published works will appear in WEST/WORD 2, January, 1990, her response to a set of four questions on poetry put to her, as to a large number of other American poets, by editor Austin Straus. In lieu of other memorial, we publish her response below to the last of those questions: "Does the act of writing a poem ever feel forced?" and \f7
Time Takes Teacher's Intentions By Tracy Kidder, \o7 From "Among Schoolchildren," by Tracy Kidder. Copyright, 1989, by John Tracy Kidder. Reprinted by permission from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin\f7
Condo Renter Merits Relocation Fee If Asked to Move By Kevin Postema, \o7 Postema is editor of Apartment Age Magazine, a publication of the Apartment Assn. of Greater Los Angeles, an apartment owners' service group\f7
Bids Opened on Parkway Extension By Ron Galperin, \o7 Galperin is a Los Angeles-based free-lance writer who has covered the commercial real estate scene for several years\f7