WILDMAN SCHUBERT REED

The Hopper

"He doesn’t look very dead, lying here half-thawed, the half remaining, the rest off and split among the coyotes. Still dad for certain, though. I guess for him, time has been somewhat of a nonfactor. Ice will do that."

Vol. 1 Brooklyn

"On the train, I collect their signatures one last time. Census, evidence, proof––call it what you want. I certainly had over the years. One woman says, 'I don’t sign anything without having my lawyer read it first.' I brandish my weathering notebook tattooed with urban scrawl and I plead with her. 'This is how they will know you after you are gone.'"