Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Lines Across Cities (story of a tv show told in a poem)

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Istanbul. 2018. The woman in the hijab And long, button down Blue gray coat Exits her house On the outskirts of the city Walking through fie...
Sunday, February 14, 2021

Dreams/Life

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Dreams are the other zone of consciousness. They are the world of swaying weeds and skirting minnows navigating the bottle-green, particle-f...
Friday, February 12, 2021

Meditation on Morris Berman's "Why America Failed: The Roots of Imperial Decline"

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"In the end, what was America really all about?" asks Morris Berman in his 2012 book, Why America Failed: The Roots of Imperial De...
Saturday, January 30, 2021

A Successful Art Career

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Was the time you built A tower from sticks You found on the beach Eight years old A tyke in the sun The indestructible things Of the earth-m...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Report from Brazil – 23 January, 2021 by Leo Gonçalves, tr. DH

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Regarding the optimism surrounding what lays ahead for Brazil, I would ask you to consider the following: If today Brazil is the country wit...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Catholic Death Trip: Parts 1, 2 & 3

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Part 1 I grew up Catholic but have always disliked the central artifact of its iconography: the crucifix. Specifically, I am repelled by the...
Sunday, January 17, 2021

West Rogers Park, 1/16/21

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Bubblegum blue sky Snow tracking the street A young man in a parka Walks beside the parked cars Black brimmed hat Prayer shawl peaking out B...