The Semiconducting Dictionary (Our Strindberg)

Copyright......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
See me in the embryo......Page 12
Timeline......Page 13
Christmas Poem by My Mother......Page 16
Smash the Poem......Page 17
Be a Child then and I Can Kiss It Better . . .......Page 19
Poem for My Mother......Page 20
Franz Says......Page 21
Discarded......Page 22
The Servant’s Girl: The Story of the Evolution of a Human Being......Page 23
Recipe for Heart Troubles......Page 24
Laura and the Captain......Page 25
A Country Road. A Tree. Evening.......Page 27
Notes for a New Play......Page 28
Characters......Page 29
The Stupid Father......Page 30
We Don’t Speak of Eternal Love......Page 32
Origin of Species......Page 33
Eavesdropping......Page 41
Poem from the Play......Page 42
Cheerful Books Believe......Page 43
The Playwright Interviews Herself to Stave Off Loneliness......Page 44
Life in One Act......Page 47
To Have Done With the Judgment of Dogs......Page 48
Too Much......Page 49
Siri......Page 50
Perfect Early Days......Page 51
Darling Siri Writes a Christmas Poem by Pretending to Read French......Page 52
Precious Arrival......Page 53
For You......Page 54
Happy Animal......Page 55
Letter from Paris, 1883......Page 56
Sunday in Stockholm......Page 59
J. W. Turner’s Will......Page 60
Revolution......Page 61
Escape......Page 62
Action Always Action......Page 63
M......Page 64
Modern Sins......Page 65
Look Back......Page 66
Insults......Page 67
Your Attention PLEASE [A Poem by Once-Darling Siri]......Page 68
Darling Troublemaker [Siri]......Page 69
Please [Siri]......Page 70
Ours [Siri]......Page 71
Quiet August [One Last Try by Siri]......Page 72
She Leaves Me......Page 73
Illustrations......Page 74
Declaration......Page 75
Dear Siri (For hurting me)......Page 76
Dear friend Ibsen......Page 77
Self-portrait......Page 78
Darling Daughter......Page 79
Fetish: Baby Dragon......Page 80
Dear Siri (cancel spell)......Page 81
Dear Future......Page 82
Dear Reader......Page 83
Fetish: Mummy and Baby when Baby Was a Llama......Page 84
Scene One......Page 85
Scene Two......Page 86
Scene Three......Page 87
Scene Four......Page 88
Scene Five......Page 89
I......Page 90
Ghost Sonata......Page 92
I Miss You......Page 93
Dear Friend......Page 94
Darling Daughter According to the I Ching......Page 95
Instructions to My Child......Page 96
Painting of Sweden......Page 97
Twelve Syllables in Paris......Page 98
Small White Room......Page 99
Do You Understand......Page 100
A New Wife......Page 101
Letter to the Doctor After Suffering from Delusions......Page 102
Failures......Page 106
Resist......Page 107
Excerpts from Gold as a Remedy in Disease......Page 108
I have observed......Page 109
Titles......Page 110
I left the walnut seven days before I slid......Page 111
My Genius Is Better Than Your Genius......Page 112
Bone Ash Lead Melted on a Bed......Page 113
The Condemned Man’s Toilette......Page 114
Sonnet of Chapters......Page 115
The purpose of this book......Page 116
Mirror Painting......Page 117
True Again......Page 118
My Funeral......Page 119
Acknowledgements......Page 120