Monthly Archives: November 2010

Minima Moralia, No. 104

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

MINIMA MORALIA: Reflections from the damaged life. By THEODOR ADORNO PART THREE: 1946-1947. Aphorism #104: Golden Gate. Translated by Dennis Redmond 104 Golden Gate [in English]. – What dawns on those who are embarrassed or spurned, illuminates as harshly as … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: NATHAN WISMAN

Posted on November 27, 2010 by

Photo by Joshua Band. BURRS by Nathan Wisman Your one, your only, that grinning face. For you, the cold dew smears his arms. The thickets of shivering weeds part around his determined body. Strips of cloudy sky traversed again and … Continue reading →

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“What You Ought To Know”

Posted on November 24, 2010 by

The Coming Crisis of Future Food Prices:  “No End In Sight” By Liam Hysjulien In a new series, As It Ought To Be will be providing semimonthly updates on different topics ranging from literature to food policies. A recent study … Continue reading →

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Andreas Economakis

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

The P-Spot by Andreas Economakis When I was a young boy I was fascinated by the Dictator of Greece and his cadre of austere military men. What I think impressed me the most was the Dictator’s black bulletproof limousine and … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MICHAEL KWETT

Posted on November 20, 2010 by

LIGHT by Michael Kwett trailing above and bending along chair legs and cattle tags fences and metal and cities cradleworks of buildings and streets along distances and distances farther, through smog into eyes and days at night we see ancient … Continue reading →

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FRIDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: T.A. NOONAN

Posted on November 19, 2010 by

ADVENT: TRANSFORM TIME AS A LITTLE GIRL by TA NOONAN I’m some sweet lolita this morning —or maybe my thighs just squeezed these floral sheets to lace— with hips so thick, you could shave eight layers before hitting bone. * … Continue reading →

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Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech: On Learning Hebrew in Israel

Posted on November 15, 2010 by

by Letitia Trent As our plane arrived in Israel’s airspace, I listened to Pimsleur’s Hebrew lessons on my headphones, which go over the same phrases in half-hours of repetition, the accent-less audio-guide voice followed by the native speakers, who respond … Continue reading →

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INSURGENT ANTHROPOLOGIES: CONQUEST ABROAD AND REPRESSION AT HOME

Posted on November 14, 2010 by

Conquest Abroad and Repression at Home By Christopher Carrico http://ccarrico.wordpress.com “Civilization originates” Stanley Diamond tells us, “with conquest abroad and repression at home.”  Diamond himself had seen both firsthand.  Stanley was a WWII veteran who served in North Africa, and, … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: ALLYSON KWETT

Posted on November 13, 2010 by

Two A.M. by Allyson Kwett But there’s no darkness, at least No Country Darkness No Fords on Highway One No tires packing salt into pavement No dim headlights shining back off yellow signs But the glow is the same                           Toxic … Continue reading →

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FRIDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: Nicolas Destino

Posted on November 12, 2010 by

ELATION CELL by NICOLAS DESTINO Miraculous to be part of the snow globe with the penguins on the icebergs and the icebergs with the cold shock and miraculous to be inside the dome with the curvature of the dome and … Continue reading →

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