Nazim Hikmet
26 September 1945 They’ve taken us prisoner, they’ve locked us up : me inside the walls, you outside. But that’s …
Category Archives: Art & Culture
Charlie Wilson’s War
Charlie Wilson’s War, the new Mike Nichols film based on George Crile’s book of the same name opened last week …
Earth Under Fire
Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World is a comprehensive look at the world wide effects of …
The Orninoco Bar, from Canaima
This is the opening chapter of Canaima, a Novel of Venezuela in the last 19th century, by Rómulo Gallegos which …
The Devil Knows
We wound up at “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead,” Sidney Lumet‘s new film, last night because we couldn’t get …
A Rite of Confession: A Poem
One of the great pleasures of reading, but even more, of listening to poetry, or music, especially opera, is the …
Translated Love
I’ve been off in Richardson, Texas, appendage to the greater Dallas area, for several days, soaking in the heady wine …
A Song
By Max Aub, Spain Translation by Will Kirkland The sun crackles and the earth is mute. No shade for anyone. …
Krugman: Conscience of a Liberal
I, with 50 -100 mile days in the car, often turn to audio books, from Lincoln’s speeches to Joyce’s Portrait …
The Starting Gun
The day was still crumbling from the night before. From five hours earlier, at three-thirty in the morning, the white …
Ecological Design Institute
The Ecologlical Design Institute
The Sutras of Abu Ghraib
Aidan Delgado is a brave man. A man you want on your team. Not because he faces danger without trembling, …