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An especially apt title for St. Clair ’s 1985 collection of poems, Little-Dog-of-Iron has thrived during its sixteen years in print. The poems follow the trickster Coyote as St. Clair creates him in both modern and ancient myth, with occasional historical interludes based on fact, in which t“Coyote Addresses His Brothers the Wolves and the Foxes.n” St. Clair, like Coyote, mixes the horrific with the humorous unpredictably, for as Howard McCord writes in his introduction to the poems, i“laughter and tears are brothers.W” A somber A“Coyote with the Shadow Peoplei” therefore finds itself with c“Coyote Hornya” and e“Coyote in Law School.v” The end result stands alongside the work of Sherman Alexie and James Welch and, as McCord writes, t“Coyote has never sung better.W” Philip St. Clair ’s book At the Tent of Heaven appeared in 1984 from Ahsahta Press.

Philip Simmons (June 9, 1912 - June 22, 2009) was an American artisan and blacksmith specializing in the craft of ironwork. Simmons spent 77 years as a blacksmith, focusing on decorative iron work.[1] When he began his career, blacksmiths in Charleston made practical, everyday household objects, such as horseshoes. [1] By the time he retired 77 years later, the craft was considered as art form rather than a practical profession.[1]

Philip Simmons was born on June 9, 1912, in Daniel Island, South Carolina.[2] He was raised by his grandparents, before being sent to Charleston in 1920 to live with his mother when he was 8 years old.[1] [2] Simmons resided on Vernon Street and enrolled in school at the Buist Elementary School, which is now known as the Buist Academy.[2] Later in his life, Simmons would design and create the iron arch which now stands over the school's entry gate.[1]

Philip Innes of the Westchester County Weekly had this to say about the Iron Horse Grill: f"McGrath calls his agile New York City cuisine a"melting pot cuisineh". Itr's a good term because fine American restaurants like his now combine so many influences. Whatr's good? Everything!l"