Category: absence

• The Writer

  Jul 1

  ♦ The writer, his biography: he died; lived and died. The writer writes to live on. Writing to live on, her life is a kind of survival. Sur-vival: a living… more ›

• Apr 30

  Griga Leaf March 19, 1994 – April 30, 2011 Pure and complete love. Rest in peace, Baby Griga. more ›

• In vino veritas

  Nov 18

  In a year of Thursdays, today remains the greatest Thursday of all. Today is not only World Philosophy Day but also the day on which the Beaujolais nouveau is released. I… more ›

• 8:15

  Aug 6

  Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe writes about Hiroshima, moral responsibility, outrage, and aging in today’s The New York Times op-ed section. It’s an oblique essay about the travesty of Japanese policy… more ›

• A Memory (Once More)

  Jul 16

  Erinnerung Und du wartest, erwartest das Eine, das dein Leben unendlich vermehrt; das Mächtige, Ungemeine, das Erwachen der Steine, Tiefen, dir zugekehrt. Es dämmern im Bücherständer die Bände in Gold… more ›

• Malevich and Suprematism, Part 3: A Desert of Pure Feeling

  Jun 7

  Since I have sworn that I would not pursue retranslating Malevich’s Suprematism manifesto until after completing the dissertation, I’ll use a deficient translation I found online several weeks ago. I… more ›

• Vernal Caesura MMX / Spring Break MiX 2010

  Apr 17

  Sometime Around Midnight (Acoustic Version)*The Airborne Toxic EventSometime Around Midnight (Acoustic Version) – Single This song has a Jesus & Mary Chain and Psychedelic Furs vibe from the late 80s,… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday: Significance

  Feb 5

  The first time I had sex after my father died my orgasm was amazing. It was as if my physical joy was supplemented by the knowledge that his body already… more ›

• Quaeritur: Aber ein Sturm…

  Dec 30

  How does a poet write history? I once began with this question. But after several years of focusing on the first part of my questionable query, I find myself now… more ›

• I Shall Die

  Sep 17

  One of the first concerts I attended was a Peter, Paul and Mary reunion tour through Dallas in 1986. I remember listening to them as a child, long after they… more ›