Category Archives: Poiesis

C.P. Cavafy/Laurie Anderson: Waiting for the Barbarians

Posted on October 29, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

The force of Constantine Cavafy’s poetry continues to resonate in our times.

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Jacques Rancière: Reading freedom through Anton Chekhov

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

Jacques Rancière, in his most recent essay, explores through Anton Chekhov’s fiction the unpredictable yet ever possible and disruptive appearance of freedom in the everyday lives of his characters; in our lives. We share below an excerpt from Rancière’s essay, … Continue reading →

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James Baldwin: Sonny’s Blues

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. There isn’t any other tale to tell, it’s the only light we’ve got in … Continue reading →

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Bientôt la fin du monde – L’étrangère

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

From Lundi Matin #435 (02/07/2024) …

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For John Burnside (1955-2024)

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

For John Burnside, “anarchist” poet and writer, who died this last month of May. … a true anarchist … [does] … not need a glorious leader, or leaders, to save us from the nightmare. What we need, each of us, … Continue reading →

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Franz Kafka: “The Burrow”

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

Written between 1923 and 1924, and published posthumously, Franz Kafka’s short story “The Burrow” is an allegory on the madness of “rational sovereignty”. We share the story to mark the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death.

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For Daniel Blanchard

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

A refrain, for Daniel Blanchard. […] And this will be the limit of the impasse, a dead end. Beyond that, one does not go; beyond that nothing happens anymore, all that passes is time and bad weather – and it … Continue reading →

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Daniel Blanchard: Regarding what poetry does

Posted on May 16, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

For Daniel Blanchard, the second part of an essay that began with the “Crisis of words“. To men who discover the world by looking for a rhyme. Italo Svevo Thus, throughout this “crisis of words” – which I evoked in … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Women’s Blues

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

We share two texts on women’s blues as a radical questioning of sex, gender and race in the racist and hetero-patriarchal social relations of the United States. In the first, which provides the title to our post, Hazel V. Carby … Continue reading →

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For Edward Bond (1934-2024)

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

SAGA I asked the man at the crossroads why are you waitingHe said I have no shoes on my feetMy stomach is emptyMy dwelling is repossessedA man In a nice suit with heraldic cufflinks stole my walletAnd my coat is … Continue reading →

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