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Category Archives: Poiesis
In lieu of New Year’s Eve Wishes
Kurt Vonnegut’s 1988 Letter to the Future Ladies & Gentlemen of A.D. 2088: It has been suggested that you might welcome words of wisdom from the past, and that several of us in the twentieth century should send you some. … Continue reading
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For Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024)
and if ever i touched a life i hope that life knowsthat i know that touching was and still is and will alwaysbe the truerevolution Nikki Giovanni, When I Die (1972) … a poem is pure energyhorizontally containedbetween the mindof … Continue reading
C.P. Cavafy/Laurie Anderson: Waiting for the Barbarians
The force of Constantine Cavafy’s poetry continues to resonate in our times.
James Baldwin: Sonny’s Blues
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
Bientôt la fin du monde – L’étrangère
From Lundi Matin #435 (02/07/2024) …
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For John Burnside (1955-2024)
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
Franz Kafka: “The Burrow”
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.
For Daniel Blanchard
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
Daniel Blanchard: Regarding what poetry does
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
Jacques Rancière: Reading freedom through Anton Chekhov
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 →