I always said the problem I had after Reeducation was loss of voice. And earlier on, it had apparently been difficult to get one. Someone once told me that all those sore throats I used to get as a child–it was my stress reaction–were a sign that I had something to say that I was … More La voix
Oui. Axé.
I would like to have time to contemplate this essay by Adorno. Here is some commentary: The artwork, the lyric poem, is not there either to tell us about the paradoxical nature of being, which is something we need already to have felt in order to recognize and enjoy the paradox in the work. Nor … More Adorno on lyric poetry and society
La extranjera A Francis de Miomandre —«Habla con dejo de sus mares bárbaros, con no sé qué algas y no sé qué arenas; reza oración a dios sin bulto y peso, envejecida como si muriera. En huerto nuestro que nos hizo extraño, ha puesto cactus y zarpadas hierbas. Alienta del resuello del desierto y ha … More More from TALA
I think this is from Tala. BEBER Al doctor Pedro de Alba Recuerdo gestos de criaturas y son gestos de darme el agua. En el valle de Río Blanco, en donde nace el Aconcagua, llegué a beber, salté a beber en el fuete de una cascada, que caía crinada y dura y se rompía yerta … More Beber
“I’m so glad I’m fighting for my rights, singing glory Hallelujah, I’m so glad.” #OccupyHE Axé.
Is the way these poems work in part by having an auditory aspect, a soundtrack that does not quite fit what is emerging visually? And to have a sense of touch working in still a third way? I do not have time to work this out now but there is something symphonic happening, or some … More Dérèglement des sens
To write one needs money and a room of one’s own, it is said, but I say one needs access to self, a clean and well lit space (or an otherwise adequately comfortable one), and peace of mind. Without these things no methodologies apply — even those which do otherwise, like Archambeau’s. Today’s reading indicates … More Virginia Woolf
He had an affair with the woman living across the street from his family in Stgo. de Chuco, who was the former “wife” of a priest. Poems like “Verano” are about her. He lost her to Carlos Santa María … all of this was in 1915 but I wonder whether it contributes to the events … More Some gossip about Vallejo
Some time ago I was a referee for this article and liked it. I see the journal agreed, because the piece is out … so I know who wrote it. Now we should all read more things by Silvia Goldman. #OccupyHE Axé.
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