Anxiety and voice

06/08/2017

I have greater problems with anxiety, and also with lack of voice, than I knew–and these problems are related. Here in California, with the mountains, redwoods, seas, I have perspective and do not experience these problems, but in the swamps of Louisiana, I do. Tomorrow I have to work on: poetry selections for the new … More Anxiety and voice

Le swimsuit

31/07/2017

I still need to get the car adjusted, but I also need swimsuits. I think of my swimsuits as new, but they are falling apart. Again. It seems that this is all so recent, I bought new ones in 2009 and again in 2013. There are so many things one must keep track of nowadays. … More Le swimsuit

We have translations

31/07/2017

Coming out: Oh fury the dawn emerges from your lips The scandalous life of César Moro Various lions lick the rugose surface of the equestrian turtle at twilight Under editorial consideration: About seven more. Axé.

“Socialist realism is condescending and Republican”

31/07/2017

That is what I wrote on my ticket to the national art museum in Latvia, while looking at socialist realist painting. I learned about Nationalist Modernism that day, and the National Constructivism of Romans Suta. I saw how the St. Petersburg institution where painters were trained, had constrained them. The museum also had a wonderful … More “Socialist realism is condescending and Republican”