Nanking: 1937
In the macabre history of human horrors the Japanese Army’s Rape of Nanking, China, December 1937, stands in the first …
Category Archives: Books
Sin Nombre: A Film
The corners and sidewalks at truck rental places, hardware stores, building supply stores in Marin County are filled with small, …
Am What I Am
Am what I am at 4 a.m– The same as I was at 1? After the carnivores of dreams have …
Lying Awake In the Dark
Lying awake in the dark Anticipating lying awake in the dark to come. Trying to let the body sink to …
Pelicans: A Poem
Having just come back from a small trip to Big Sur I’ve been finger leaping through Robinson Jeffers’ Selected Poetry. …
Big Sur in Springtime
On Easter Sunday we hiked a few fingers of the great hand of God, the Santa Lucia mountains and …
Gypsy Cante: Deep Song of the Caves
Work I have done in my time: Gypsy Cante: Deep Song of the Caves
The Reader: A Film, and Questions Unanswered
The Reader, a film by Stephen Daldry, screenplay by David Hare, Produced by Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack So Kate …
A Haiku in Winter
A Haiku in Winter The iced, white fog rising from the green of winter in Marin. The vulture peers, a …
Winter
Leaning back against the tree, branches and leaves are few: Ah! A night of stars! Shiki
The Short Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
I’ve never been a big fan of the American fiction of the suffering middle and upper classes, the lost academics, …
Secretary of State
A friend sends this on, his translation of an Oscar Hahn poem from his newest book, “ashes in love.” Hahn …