Dorothy Parker's Elbow Tattoos on Writers,

Previously considered the domain of bikers and a rite of passage in the services, tattoos have crawled from society's fringes and onto the ankles of starlets and the biceps of bankers. In this volume, stories from writers including Sylvia Plath and Ray Bradbury capture the tattoo experience.

Introduction	p. xiii
from The Illustrated Man	p. 1
A Toda Maquina	p. 7
Grapefruit Flesh	p. 24
Blackie, the Electric Rembrandt	p. 37
My Tattoo	p. 38
To the Engraver of My Skin	p. 41
Dyeing a Three-Dollar Bill	p. 42
from "The White Knights"	p. 48
Skin	p. 52
"When I was a kid..."	p. 53
For Lysa, Who Tattoos Me in Her Miami Living Room	p. 54
Lace	p. 56
Triangle Tattoo	p. 58
It's Bad Luck to Die	p. 59
from The Tattoo Hunter	p. 78
Incision	p. 80
"After the surgery ..."	p. 81
First Poem for You	p. 82
Snakes	p. 83
Parker's Back	p. 84
"In 1992, I had the tattoo on my arm redone ..."	p. 109
Zowie	p. 111
"I got my tattoo at a time of great upheaval ..."	p. 126
"I'd wanted to get one for years ..."	p. 127
Tattoo Pantoum	p. 129
It Only Hurts a Little	p. 133
Tattoos	p. 141
from Typee	p. 153
from 7 Tattoos	p. 160
Embellishments	p. 168
Tattoo Thoughts	p. 171
The Fifteen-Dollar Eagle	p. 173
Herstory	p. 190
"I bring my book--prepared to wait ..."	p. 193
from Tree	p. 194
Becoming Bird	p. 196
Designing a Bird from Memory in Jack's Skin Kitchen	p. 198
Second Skin	p. 200
Portrait	p. 202
"When I muse about tattoos ..."	p. 205
In the Penal Colony	p. 206
Convict K00457	p. 239
Mando	p. 241
The News	p. 248
The Y	p. 250
from "The Life and Death of Philippe"	p. 251
True Tattoo	p. 252
"I do not have a tattoo ..."	p. 253
Wings, Fish, Star	p. 254
Benediction	p. 256
Contributors	p. 258
Permissions	p. 263
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