What I Bought on Amazon.com in 2008 (a Retrospective)

Order Date: December 17, 2008 Order #: 058-7667142-9409967 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: The Passionate Spectator: Essays on Art and Poetry (Poets on Poetry) by Yau... Sold by: pbshopus

Order Date: December 17, 2008 Order #: 058-6715684-4029121 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Kafka [Hardcover] by Citati, Pietro Sold by: azbooka

Order Date: December 13, 2008 Order #: 058-3968384-5800536 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: The Rembrandt Book [Hardcover] by Schwartz, Gary Sold by: copperfields_sr

Order Date: December 12, 2008 Order #: 058-8074536-9578162 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Diderot on Art, Volume II: The Salon of 1767 [Paperback] by Diderot; Goodman... Sold by: avalanche_books

Order Date: December 12, 2008 Order #: 058-8804615-4138927 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Verses and Versions: Three Centuries of Russian Poetry Selected and Translated Sold by: bookconsignmentsllc

Order Date: December 5, 2008 Order #: 103-8698143-1054641 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC

Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest (Wesleyan Poetry) Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC

Order Date: November 26, 2008 Order #: 058-8095941-8869113 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Collected Critical Writings [Hardcover] by Hill, Geoffrey; Haynes, Kenneth Sold by: quidprogrower

Order Date: November 24, 2008 Order #: 058-8924699-2296566 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Blue Octavo Notebooks [Paperback] by Kafka, Franz; Brod, Max Sold by: powells_chicago

Order Date: November 19, 2008 Order #: 058-4319615-5192523 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Phantom of the Opera [1990 TV Mini Series] [DVD] Sold by: movie-starz

Order Date: November 17, 2008 Order #: 058-3519115-8518751 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Wilfred Owen: Selected Letters by Owen, Wilfred; Bell, John Sold by: literaryluminescence

Order Date: November 16, 2008 Order #: 058-2613729-9813321 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: The Banquet Years: The Origins of the Avant-Garde in France - 1885 to World War Sold by: nangsuer

Order Date: November 14, 2008 Order #: 058-7379550-1034119 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Twenty-Seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit (Grove Press Poetry... Sold by: powells_books

Order Date: November 14, 2008 Order #: 058-6869630-0711725 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris [Hardcover] by Freches, Claire; Morris... Sold by: books24seven

Order Date: November 13, 2008 Order #: 103-1645717-0293011 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Matter of Fact: Poems Sold by: housing_works_bookstore (seller profile)

Order Date: November 10, 2008 Order #: 058-1643715-5838938 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Hopper [Paperback] by Strand, Mark Sold by: bargainbookstores

Items: 1 of: The Untouchables Sold by: buybacks_northolmsted (seller profile)

Order Date: November 10, 2008 Order #: 103-4980257-7900246 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Verses and Versions: Three Centuries of Russian Poetry Selected and Translated by Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC

Order Date: October 30, 2008 Order #: 058-4465349-3943554 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Selected Writings of Henri Michaux [Paperback] by Michaux, Henri Sold by: indoobestsellers

Order Date: October 29, 2008 Order #: 058-9717282-5415717 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: The Unreleased Recordings [Box set] [Audio CD] Williams, Hank Sold by: --caiman--

Order Date: October 28, 2008 Order #: 058-0535810-6622720 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Selected Writings of Henri Michaux [Paperback] by Michaux, Henri Sold by: strandbookstore

Order Date: October 28, 2008 Order #: 104-3057046-4129017 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: New Collected Poems (with CD) Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC

Order Date: October 19, 2008 Order #: 058-3975412-8590918 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Transfigurations: Collected Poems [Paperback] by Wright, Jay Sold by: books4less_az

Order Date: October 6, 2008 Order #: 105-5150220-8248211 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Aleksandr Blok: Selected Poems (Poetry Pleiade) Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC

Order Date: September 29, 2008 Order #: 058-9023255-0621968 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Selected Poems 1940-1979 [Paperback] by Odysseus Elytis; Edmund Keeley; Philip Sold by: sbd-

Order Date: September 28, 2008 Order #: 058-7881295-7049910 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: A Defense of Ardor: Essays [Hardcover] by Zagajewski, Adam; Cavanagh, Clare Sold by: a1books

Items: 1 of: DE CHIRICO: The Metaphysical Period by Paolo Baldacci; Jeffrey Jennings Sold by: Wonder Book

Order Date: September 14, 2008 Order #: 103-4850974-6131416 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer (Wesleyan Poetry) Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC

Order Date: June 17, 2008 Order #: 058-3407327-4572345 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Fanny Hill: Memoirs Of A Woman of Pleasure (Wordsworth Classics) (Wadsworth... Sold by: -dvdlegacy-

Order Date: June 16, 2008 Order #: 058-4362860-3643541 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Surviving James Dean [Hardcover] by Bast, William Sold by: Mia

Order Date: May 7, 2008 Order #: 058-2099804-0677110 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: John Cassavetes - Five Films (Shadows / Faces / A Woman Under the Influence... Sold by: cmahl

Order Date: April 30, 2008 Order #: 058-4914719-8685939 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Catherine of Siena : The Dialogue (Classics of Western Spirituality) [Paperback Sold by: kanda7

Order Date: March 25, 2008 Order #: 058-8326260-4871754 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Biograph [Box set] [Audio CD] Dylan, Bob Sold by: doss-haus_books

Order Date: March 20, 2008 Order #: 058-6485400-2240565 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Hart Crane: A Biography [Hardcover] by Fisher, Clive Sold by: midtownscholarbookstore

Order Date: March 20, 2008 Order #: 058-5419511-8515743 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: The Complete Works (Arden Shakespeare) by Proudfoot, Richard Sold by: thornapplebooks

Order Date: March 14, 2008 Order #: 058-9227013-4462966 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Selected Letters by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Jackson, H. J. Sold by: character1st

Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Lord Byron: Selected Letters and Journals by Byron, George Gordon; Marchand... Sold by: spinebooks

Order Date: February 11, 2008 Order #: 058-6603050-5301956 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Letters of Wallace Stevens by Wallace Stevens; Richard Howard; Holly Stevens Sold by: fmoramar

Order Date: February 11, 2008 Order #: 058-0689314-3758729 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Chimes At Midnight [DVD] Orson Welles; Jeanne Moreau Sold by: nostalgiafamilyvideo

Order Date: January 31, 2008 Order #: 058-6924818-3310168 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Arnold: Selected Prose (English Library) by Arnold, Matthew; Keating, P. J. Sold by: abcbooks_ga

Order Date: January 31, 2008 Order #: 104-3660385-8057859 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Alexander Pope: Selected Letters Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC

Order Date: January 30, 2008 Order #: 058-5710190-8420551 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Complete Collected Essays [Hardcover] by Pritchett, V. S. Sold by: Suhail

Order Date: January 26, 2008 Order #: 058-9471540-4570961 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: The Memoirs of Giorgio de Chirico by De Chirico, Giorgio; Crosland, Margaret Sold by: pbshopus

Order Date: January 26, 2008 Order #: 058-4557107-7761344 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Tennyson (Masters of world literature series) by Ricks, Christopher B Sold by: kathysbooks24523

Order Date: January 23, 2008 Order #: 058-9162975-1195548 Recipient: Adam Fitzgerald Items: 1 of: Essays in criticism, third series by Arnold, Matthew Sold by: houseofodin

Buongiorno Principessa (from YOU AMERICANS)

Buongiorno, signore. Kiss on each cheek though neither are Italian. Try not to be straniere. Ah, The Castle. You read Kafka? It depresses me when I'm reminded. Really? Thinking about books makes me frantic! That's an optimistic way of looking at it. But all this time I thought you were speaking Frrrench! I am American, after all. Yes, dear, you most certainly are. And I am Swiss-Filipino! It could be worse. Would we even know it? Never enough love affairs unraveled in foreign countries. You yell "Elizabeth!" in a dark courtyard for hours only to be told to go home. Romantic, though. Wasn't it? He shook his head no and offered his Brit teeth, not a smile. What were you going to say? Nothing. I need to cry more.