▁play ▁The ▁White ▁S nake ▁– ▁and ▁Kim ▁Mac Con nel ▁– ▁on ▁several ▁projects ▁about ▁learning ▁a ▁new ▁language ▁( L ing om ats , ▁ 1 9 8 0 ) ▁and ▁an ▁illustrated ▁phrase book ▁( La ▁F ron tera , ▁ 1 9 8 3 ). ▁– ▁He ▁also ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁composer ▁Peter ▁Gordon ▁on ▁the ▁play ▁with ▁music ▁Ch ino iser ie , ▁presented ▁at ▁The ▁K itchen ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 . ▁ ▁Two ▁of ▁Fried man ' s ▁projects ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁are ▁significant ▁to ▁his ▁work . ▁The ▁Tele phone ▁Book ▁consists ▁of ▁trans cript s ▁of ▁Fried man ' s ▁phone ▁calls ▁over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁weeks , ▁and ▁Space ▁St ations ▁– ▁which ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁its ▁entire ty , ▁follows ▁up ▁on ▁William ▁S . ▁B urr ough s ▁by ▁div iding ▁a ▁journal ' s ▁pages ▁into ▁three ▁columns ▁and ▁recording ▁F ired man ' s ▁attention ▁sh ifts ▁while ▁he ▁is ▁writing . ▁ ▁Space ▁St ations ▁provided ▁the ▁material ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁Fried man ' s ▁published ▁poetry ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁Jer ome ▁Roth enberg ▁has ▁said ▁of ▁Fried man ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁" a ▁powerful ▁& ▁never ▁disappoint ing ▁poet / chron ic ler , ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁his ▁form ▁& ▁ready ▁to ▁take ▁his ▁place ▁among ▁the ▁mak ers ▁& ▁mo vers ▁of ▁our ▁time