September 2010 – Page 2

European History / Intellectuals / Poets

September 18, 2010

Oskar Pastior as Securitate Informant?

On a number of occasions NOMADICS has spoken in praise of the poet Oscar Pastior, such as on the occasion of him receiving the Büchner Prize posthumously (click here). Pastior was indeed a splendid...

Music

September 17, 2010

Gaga-Inspired Ligeti Opera

This, via Openculture: Well, I had to remove the embedded video as it wouldn’t allow me to “pull” it on FaceBook — you can go & check it out here. in Music, Theater |...

Poetry / Prose / Summer Reading

September 16, 2010

Kali Claude Yug Pélieu Express 11

Claude Pélieu : KALI YUG EXPRESS Translated by Mary Beach (continued…& that’s all folks!) THE COLD BANK Ray was in the hollow of a wave. He didn’t believe in his electric identity. And I...

Poetry / Prose / Summer Reading

September 14, 2010

Kali Claude Yug Pélieu Express 10

Claude Pélieu : KALI YUG EXPRESS Translated by Mary Beach (continued…) IT’S BETTER THAN NO ONE X ended up by being tired of being someone else and playing the role of no one. X...

Criticism / Essays / Literature / Paul Celan / Poetics / Poetry

September 13, 2010

The Meridian—Paul Celan

While spending much of the weekend correcting the page proofs of my translation of Paul Celan—The Meridian: Final Version-Drafts-Materials forthcoming in the eponymous collection directed by Werner Hamacher at Stanford University Press, I noticed...

Photography

September 12, 2010

Lower Manhattan…

… as seen from the 69th Street Pier in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn at 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 11th 2010.

Interview / Poetics / Poetry / Poetry readings

September 11, 2010

Clayton Eshleman in Huffington Post

Today’s Huffington Post publishes an interview with Clayton Eshleman in the context of Anis Shivani‘s series on the state of US poetry now. Check it our here. Further down the page you can read...

Poetry / Poetry readings

September 10, 2010

September 11th Reading

On Sept. 11th, we will gather at Erika Lutzner’s Loft: 6:00pm-10:00pm Poetry Reading in Remembrance 85-101 N. 3rd St # 508 Brooklyn, NY 11211 Poets: Cynthia Cruz, Katie Ford, Joanna Fuhrman, Alan Gilbert, Pierre...

European History / Performance / Poetry / Theater

September 9, 2010

Robert Kelly’s “Oedipus After Colonus”

a new play by Robert Kelly this week in Manhattan, next week in Woodstock– Directed by Crichton Atkinson and starring Carey Harrison as Oedipus Manhattan: Wednesday through Sunday, SEPTEMBER 8-12th at 7PM ‘OEDIPUS AFTER...

Poetry / Prose / Summer Reading / Uncategorized

September 8, 2010

Kali Claude Yug Pélieu Express 9

Claude Pélieu : KALI YUG EXPRESS Translated by Mary Beach (continued…) THE ZIM ZUM LANDSCAPE A felled tree reinvents time — a dirty song in the depths of time — amphetamines have eroded night,...