Ken Russell (1927-2011)
Haven’t seen any Ken Russell flicks in a long time, but remember being very taken with a few of his productions in the seventies. Here is the funeral scene from his Mahler (1974):
Clément Oudard: from H.D. to Robert Duncan
After many years, the French are finally adressing Duncan’s work! There had been one smallish “Selected” published by Christian Bourgois in the 80s — a very silly & misleading selection that couldn’t & didn’t work. In fact, when a couple years later Bourgois decided to quit publishing any poetry —American or other — he would always use the Duncan book as exemplar & say: “The Duncan sold all of … Read more Clément Oudard: from H.D. to Robert Duncan
Moroccan Solar Project Gets Go Ahead
via the Cleantechnica.com site: World Bank Group Co-Finances Morocco’s Ouarzazate 500 MW Solar Thermal Power Project NOVEMBER 19, 2011 BY ANDREW BURGER The World Bank approved $297 million in loans to Morocco to support construction and operation of Morocco’s 500-megawatt (MW) Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, one of several large scale solar power projects in various stages of planning or development across the solar energy rich Middle East-North Africa region. … Read more Moroccan Solar Project Gets Go Ahead
“In Memory of Ted”
Henry Braun sent a comment to the post of November 23rd, my obit for Ted Enslin. Unhappily the comment box strips text of all formatting, so in order to be able to read the poem-homage as intended, I’ll post it here this morning: In Memory of Ted We are given weight separate from the earth as the first miracle, a certain leave to rise like the stones in a thawing … Read more “In Memory of Ted”
Thanksgivin’ 11
So after eating Turkey or whatever gets you going, go & check out this year’s BlazeVOX’s Thanksgiving Extravaganza, honoring Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop, here. A little appetizer, below: Thought Cuisine: Food translations of Robert Musil’s Man Without Qualities a. We have established that respectable people are deeply attracted to cuisine, though of course only in theirimagination. We might add that gourmets, to hear them talk, would almost without exception like to be regarded … Read more Thanksgivin’ 11
Theodore Enslin (1925-2011)
Though I always enjoyed Enslin’s lyrical work, those volumes upon volumes of small poems or sequences of small poems, with very often musical titles — Etudes, etc. — the moments of deepest involvement with that magisterial oeuvre came in the early seventies in England when I read through the three long poems that I believe are & will remain the core of the work: the four volumes + Coda … Read more Theodore Enslin (1925-2011)
World Trade, Food, Environment
Press Release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) 11/22/2011 Growing world trade makes food production cheaper – at the expense of the environment Further opening of the markets for agricultural products leads to lower production costs for food. This will happen at the expense of the environment though, if for example forests are turned into cropland. The conflict of interests between food production and climate protection … Read more World Trade, Food, Environment
Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi
Posted on November 19, 2011 by crank 18 November 2011 Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi Linda P.B. Katehi, I am a junior faculty member at UC Davis. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, and I teach in the Program in Critical Theory and in Science & Technology Studies. I have a strong record of research, teaching, and service. I am currently a Board Member of the … Read more Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi
Jerome Rothenberg @ 80: A Celebration
At CUNY Center for the Humanities (New York) Friday, December 9 Martin E. Segal Theater CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (diagonally across from the Empire State Building) 6pm (sharp) to about 9:30pm Poet, translator, editor, anthologist, Jerome Rothenberg is joined by friends and collaborators for an exploration of his influential work. Papers on, and celebrations of, Rothenberg’s work will be presented by Susan Howe, Carolee Schneemann, Ammiel Alcalay, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Anne Waldman, … Read more Jerome Rothenberg @ 80: A Celebration