Monthly Archives: May 2011

THREE PIECES OF THE UNIVERSE

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Late in his life, poet & visual artist Jorge Eduardo Eielson published an extraordinary book of poems that bears the paradoxical title: Untitled (2000). Extraordinary, because it was produced after a fifteen year abstention from the literary arts, during which all … Continue reading →

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THE EYE OF THE CYCLOPS – by Joseph Mulligan

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Menno Aden has carried out aerial surveillance in Berlin. Cautiously & silently, he has positioned himself on the ceiling of 30 rooms in order to capture the imagery of everyday life. Now a shoe store, now a dentist’s office, now … Continue reading →

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DOUBLEWIDE WALL – César Vallejo

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

Shortly before leaving Peru for Europe in 1923, César Vallejo published Scales, a book of prose poems & short stories that forms part of his experimental works & can be read as a prose correlate to his unprecedented verse in … Continue reading →

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GOTHIC HORROR TODAY

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

As I am halfway through a translation of Gustavo Faverón Patriau’s novel, El anticuario / The Antiquarian, I recently wrote a review with several lengthier passages of translation for the Barner Books Blog. I thought I might post an excerpt … Continue reading →

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THE HEMATITE HILLS – Joseph Mulligan

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

This suite is one of the newer additions to a collection of poems I’ve been working on for the last year & a half; a manuscript still looking for a title, but that is finding its pace & form, perhaps … Continue reading →

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FIRE AND WATER IN CONTEMPORARY JAZZ

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

Marvin Smith is all head & feet. This masterful jazz drummer, a Mid-Hudson resident for the last 10 years, a man who goes by the name of BuGaLu, is that ole cantankerous cat you’ll hear trash-talking lethargic wannabes to the … Continue reading →

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Poemas de Vassilis Zambaras – Traducción Mario Domínguez Parra

Posted on May 7, 2011 by

Vassilis Zambaras nació en Grecia en 1944. En 1948 su familia se estableció en la pequeña ciudad de Raymond, en el estado de Washington. Tras pasar por el instituto, se matriculó en la Universidad de Washington. Abandonó provisionalmente sus estudios … Continue reading →

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RAMPARTS OF ECSTATIC TEMERITY

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Maine Governor Paul LePage has garnered public intrigue after ordering his Department of Labor to remove from its lobby Judy Taylor’s mural depicting that state’s history of labor struggle, & this, in the midst of a heated legislative debate. This … Continue reading →

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