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Climate Change / Human rights / Intellectuals / Israel / Journalism / Palestine

April 21, 2017

More on Bret Stephens, the NYT’s New Hire: from Climate Denial to Racism

New New York Times hire Bret Stephens (cc photo: Christopher Michel) Outraged by the NYT hiring a straight-ahead climate denier (which at this point in the game is exactly as inane as hiring a...

Intellectuals / Journalism / Writing

March 14, 2017

Régis Debray “Chez Lui”

Régis Debray — as those who know me will be well aware — has been a writer, thinker & activist I have greatly admired & have kept reading & rereading for 40+ years. Gathering...

Celebration / Conference / Experimental Writing / Intellectuals / Maghrebi Literature / Poetics / Poetry / Translation / Uncategorized

July 16, 2016

This weekend I will travel to Asilah, Morocco, to take part on coming Tuesday in a day of homage for the great arabophone poet Mohammed Bennis, in the context of the 38th International Cultural Moussem at Al Moutamid...

Criticism / Experimental Writing / Intellectuals / Literature / Magazine / Poetics / Poetry / Translation / Uncategorized

May 1, 2016

A Sulfur Anthology: Clayton Eshleman, ed.

Clayton Eshleman started his first magazine, Caterpillar, in New York City in the fall of 1967 — the very same moment I moved from Europe to the US. It wasn’t until some time in...

Arab Culture / Arabic / Intellectuals / Language / Literature / Translation

January 19, 2016

ABDELFATTAH KILITO’S ‘THOU SHALT NOT TRANSLATE ME,’ TRANSLATED

In March 2010, Moroccan writer and scholar Abdelfattah Kilito gave a talk at the Sharjah Art Foundation Symposium titled “Thou Shalt Not Translate.” Naser Albreeky has translated: Presented by Moroccan Writer Abdelfattah Kilito Translation...

Aesthetics / Experimental Writing / Intellectuals / Language / Literary Magazines & Reviews / Philosophy / Poetry / Translation

January 11, 2016

Hyperion Mallarmé

A new issue of Hyperion, the first of a two-part issue on Mallarmé curated by guest editor Kari Hukkila, was released at the end of last year. It features new texts written expressly for...

Criticism / Cultural Studies / Intellectuals / Philosophy

December 9, 2015

Deleuze on Wolves, Jaws & Anuses in Freud

Portrait de Gilles Deleuze à “La demeure du chaos”, à Lyon THIERRY EHRMANN © FLICKR

Arab Culture / Cultural Studies / Essays / Intellectuals / Maghreb / Obituaries

December 4, 2015

Fatema Mernissi (1940-2015)

Sad news this: Fatema Mernissi was a major voice for women inthe Maghreb over the years — I found that her books were also very useful to wake up my American students. Her memoir...

Intellectuals / Interview / Poetics / Poetry / Translation

November 20, 2015

Interview with Jerome Rothenberg & Pierre Joris

from: Poetry Project Newsletter: November 18, 2015 In the exploration of borders and boundaries of poetry, I can think of no better guides than Jerome Rothenberg and Pierre Joris. They both graciously agreed to...

Arab Culture / Intellectuals / Mashreq / Middle East / Poetry

September 9, 2015

German Peace Prize for Syrian poet Adonis?

Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany’s international broadcaster, just published an article on its website which I am reproducing below. Ever since the announcement that Adonis was to receive the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize of the city of Osnabrück,...