The Bean Eaters;
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When Brooks says “ballade” or “blues” she speaks with the authority of one who can hear—can allude to music without needing to copy it.
Composing the sounds before the record-keeping act of merely writing the words. She doesn’t need the added music of actual song: she embodies the music in the sentence-sounds. (And the harmonies and discords and rhythms of speech.)
From Robert's list on that were composed by ear.
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