Monthly Archives: December 2009

Toward a Coherent Vision of the 20th Century—Or, Why Jorge Volpi Is My New Favorite Novelist

Posted on December 28, 2009 by

Season of Ash by Jorge Volpi (translated by Alfred MacAdam) Open Letter / University of Rochester Press ISBN: 978-1-934824-10-8 Jorge Volpi’s Season of Ash is the kind of novel that reminds me why I read novels in the first place, … Continue reading →

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“How To” by Aaron Burch

Posted on December 27, 2009 by

How To by Aaron Burch Remember the myth of looking directly into the sun. The milk cartons cut into a makeshift periscope. Remember your brothers and sisters having to turn away, their eyes too weak. Forget their fall, the push, … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

Posted on December 26, 2009 by

THE WIDOW’S LAMENT IN SPRINGTIME by William Carlos Williams Sorrow is my own yard where the new grass flames as it has flamed often before but not with the cold fire that closes round me this year. Thirtyfive years I … Continue reading →

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ROBERT WALSER

Posted on December 24, 2009 by

Robert Walser, Biel, 1899. WANDERING WITH ROBERT WALSER by Carl Seelig 26 July 1936 Our relationship began with a somewhat matter-of-fact exchange of letters: brief, objective questions and answers. I learned that, starting in early 1929, Robert Walser was a … Continue reading →

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HEINRICH von KLEIST

Posted on December 23, 2009 by

Stamp honoring Heinrich von Kleist released by Deutsche Bundespost on behalf of the Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunication in December 1961. ON THE MARIONETTE THEATRE (1810) by Heinrich von Kleist One evening in the winter of 1801 I met … Continue reading →

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WALTER SERNER

Posted on December 22, 2009 by

THE LAST LOOSENING MANIFESTO (1918) by Walter Serner Dedicated to Anton can Hoboken 1. Racing around a fireball is a blob of filth on which ladies’ silk stocking are sold and Gaugins prized. Truly a most deplorable business, yet one … Continue reading →

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FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA

Posted on December 21, 2009 by

LETTER TO HIS FATHER, April 10, 1920 by Federico Garcia Lorca Dear Father: I’ve just gotten your letter, with its wise, serious tone, and I’ll answer you in exactly the same way. I’m much more anxious to see all of … Continue reading →

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Sunday Poetry Series Presents: Heather Kirn

Posted on December 20, 2009 by

. WRITER REPENTS by Heather Kirn Crown, I said, or kite, and that was that. Like flames encased in glass, the nouns dissolved. But levitate had weight around it. Rapt, I wrote it down. Then menacing jabbed dark with dark … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

By William Butler Yeats: NO SECOND TROY Why should I blame her that she filled my days With misery, or that she would of late Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, Or hurled the little streets upon the … Continue reading →

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DAVID DeGRAW

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

AF-PAK WAR RACKET: THE OBAMA ILLUSION COMES CRASHING DOWN by David DeGraw As Obama announced plans for escalating the war effort, it has become clear that the Obama Illusion has taken yet another horrifying turn. Before explaining how the Af-Pak … Continue reading →

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