Smoke and Souvenirs: The Essence of Charles Demuth Self-Help Merit has begun to feel

Merit has begun to feel like a stranger in her own life

we meet her two lovers

an odyssey that takes her into the territory of her past

and the many flags of the community - and the history of LGBTQ+ spaces

the souvenir--the essence

Smoke and Souvenirs: The Essence of Charles Demuth Self-Help Merit has begun to feelAlready, Demuth is a legend. Funny how a man can disappear. There is left only the smoke, the souvenir the essence, I suppose you could call it." Marcel Duchamp, January 21, 1956 In 1922, William Carlos Williams reimagined what a book of poetry could be when he published Spring and All, dedicated to his friend Charles Demuth. Smoke and Souvenirs by David T. Shoemaker reimagines what a biography can be. Combining poetry and essays, Mr. Shoemaker