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, …
Category Archives: Art & Culture
Secretary of State
A friend sends this on, his translation of an Oscar Hahn poem from his newest book, “ashes in love.” Hahn …
Remembrance September 11, 2001
By Will Kirkland It’s hard to focus on the moment if that’s what anniversaries are for, the moment of unraveled …
I Am Wrestling With Myself
By Will Kirkland, 2008 I am wrestling with myself The old continuous struggle. First one side pinned to the floor, …
I Am An Old Man
By Will Kirkland, 2008 I am an old man Distracted by flies in the autumn warm sun on the backs …
Oasis: A Poem
By Alan Dugan, 1961 Whelped from blackness by a pressure of rocks, black water rose like breath from the lungs …
On An East Wind From the Wars
I’ve been reading Alan Dugan lately, one poem at a time. The morning is best for me, before the newspapers, …
Meeting At An Airport
by Tahah Muhammad Ali translation Peter Cole, Yahya Hjazi & Gabriel Levin You asked me once, on our way back …
In My Spare Time
by Fadhil al-Azzawi Translated by Khaled Mattawa During my long, boring hours of spare time I sit to play with …
Death Valley, April 2008
Death Valley in the morning, at least in early April, is cool. Enough for a second shirt or jacket. The …
Rough Guide to Climate Change
Jeff Masters at the wunderground likes this book. If you’re bewildered by the complexity of the climate change/global warming issue, …
Complaint of Peace
I had the pleasure of a several day visit this week of a young friend (that is to say, younger …