you're right, and with more practice I will learn to write clearer.  That was difficult for me because of the limited space - one page per author, as the book was a collection of essays from grads and luminaries from all sorts of spectrums in American studies.  I really had to cut and cut and cut.

"Schiller sprach zu Goethe, Steck in dem Arsch die Flöte! Goethe sagte zu Schiller, Mein Arsch ist kein Triller!"