William Faulkner and WW I: A Fable
Since I’ve been sparse in posting these last weeks, for various (all good) reasons, I thought I’d re-post this look …
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The Vice of War
William Faulkner, in his little known (Pulitzer) novel, A Fable, has many pungent things to say about man and war, …
Thinking of the Tao Te Ching After the (Persian Gulf) War
A poem by by Thom Tammaro: “Lao Tzu, I think of you at the gates of Chou near Han Ku Pass, …
Ninah’s Dowery
Whew! Watching Ninah’s Dowery (2012), a movie from a small Camaroon film crew, directed by the sure-handed Victor Viyuoh I was carried into the …
A Stray Bullet — a Poem by Mazen Maarouf
A Stray Bullet After crossing the living room, the library, the corridor and the photo that brings us together on …
Bitter Searching of the Heart
Villanelle for Our Time From bitter searching of the heart, Quickened with passion and with pain We rise to play …
Trumbo: On the Black List for Being Red
Yep. Go see it. Good, straight-ahead story, mixed fabulously well with archival footage of the era – the ’40s and …
Empire Then, Empire Now
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve been re-reading this justly famous novel …
Trump Calls for 1882 All Over Again
It was only a matter of time that Donald Trump would do this: Donald Trump Wants to Stop All Muslim …
The Wound: Algeria then, Afghanistan now…
The Wound /Des Hommes, is an absolutely remarkable novel from Laurent Mauvignier, his seventh [now up to eleven] in the …
Halima’s Path: Love, Neighbors, Enemies and Loss in the Bosnian War
I prefer movies that immerse me in the real world, rather than those which provide distraction, through song and dance, fanciful fictions or …
The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
After you have read The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross you will never hear concert …