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    The Elephant Who Was A Cloud
    The Elephant Who Was A Cloud
    The Elephant Who Was A Cloud
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    The Elephant Who Was A Cloud

    By Paul Xylinides

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    One day, the Elephant who was a Cloud floated into the land of the Monkey King and, being a Cloud, It rained, and then Everything Grew and Grew and Grew Bigger but not always Better.

    “Remember, my child, imaginary days don’t grow beneath trees - you have to climb up and pluck them.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaul Xylinides
    Release dateFeb 16, 2015
    ISBN9781311112538
    The Elephant Who Was A Cloud
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    Paul Xylinides

    This profile has to reach as far back as it can since, in this case, meaning begins there. No one knows my grandfather’s original name. At an undetermined age, he fled Russia’s civil wars in the early 20th century and arrived in Greece where he fashioned an identity for himself that was unique and yet of its place. Xylinides, translating as one occupied in some fashion or other with wood (ξύλο), now supplies the nom de plume for whatever I write. I owe the sentiment of this borrowed name to a man whose choices in the face of historical upheaval and existential threat ultimately provided for the existence of myself and others. He died leaving no other record than his forged identity soon after the birth of his daughter. Wherever we find ourselves vast historical winds have deposited us and we remain either subject to their reach or within their unrelenting grip. Residence: Montreal. Education: McGill University, M.A. (English Literature). Mentor: David G. Taylor: Painter, teacher, writer.

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