Category: death

• In Memory of M.B.

  Feb 20

  Burn all the books. The word is eternal. L’écriture—la maison de l’être. In abandonment, the writer writes to abandon what has been written in order that writing can be written in abandonment.… more ›

• Soliloquy (of the Eye)

  Feb 12

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• Listen

  Dec 12

  Voice precedes face, revealing the necessary disruption of alterity that subtends our subjectivity, our identity. We hear before we see. We know that we can always close our eyes, turn… more ›

• Arboreal Being

  Jun 7

  He feels for the tree that did not survive yesterday’s storm. He mourns its removal from his yard, his life, the world. He knows that nothing is ever created or… more ›

• Koszmar

  May 31

  He had stumbled upon a dark continent slowly sinking into his unconsciousness. That strange land he called Insomnia where no stranger had ever stepped. Each familiar face beckoned to his;… more ›

• Four in the Morning

  Feb 1

  Wisława Szymborska (July 2, 1923 – February 1, 2012). Rest in peace. more ›

• Barabbas, Son of the Father (In Our Age)

  Dec 31

  It was unanimous: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John have the Jews calling out the name Barabbas, calling out for Barabbas’s release, calling for the crucifixion of Jesus, the other Son… more ›

• Fire in My Belly

  Dec 16

  In 1992, I bought David Wojnarowicz’s Memories That Smell Like Gasoline for $15—a hefty price at the time for someone so underemployed and lost in the world. Later, when I… more ›

• The Ruination and Salvation of Life/Writing, Part III

  Jul 15

  Maurice Blanchot’s own biography—the writing of his life—attests to the experience of life as, through, and by way of writing. We know almost nothing about the man, even when we… more ›

• Crisis of Meaning (And Yes, You Will Misunderstand)

  Jun 2

  Churches contribute to gay suicides, most Americans believe. I wonder if blaming region also somehow gives it more power or credence in the lives of those who would commit suicide. It… more ›