Got back today from a 2-day retreat in New Hampshire where I drank enough green tea to antioxidize an army of free radicals from hell. Eliot Weinberger's An Elemental Thing was waiting for me at home. I can't wait to dive into this collection--I saw Weinberger read from his dazzling essay on the vortex several years ago at Iowa and I'd been hoping to track it down ever since. At last I have it! Or does the vortex have me?
