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Childrens Zoo \nPost Card<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Originally this page provided links to a lot of books that might help a person trying to understand The Petting Zo<\/em>o. Sadly the technology I used for this died and there was no way to save the content. I will try to reconstruct this . . . as well as add my experience. Here we go:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Infinite Variety of Velazquez at Met<\/a> – 1989 New York Times review of “VELAZQUEZ” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is the Velazquez show that freaks out Billy Wolfram and initiates the story of The Petting Zoo<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later on . . .<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Raven Sculpture in Madison Square<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After handing off the final manuscript for The Petting Zoo<\/em> to Jim’s editor, Paul Slovak, in 2010 I went back to work at a new job located in Madison Square, near the Flatiron Building. One morning in 2013 I arrived to work to find this<\/strong> in front of my office:<\/p>\n\n\n