Month: August 2013

More re New York Public Library

Dear Library Supporter, The Nation magazine has just published an in-depth investigative report by Scott Sherman on the New York Public Library’s quest to monetize its assets. Sherman was the first to uncover the NYPL’s renovation plans in late-2011, and has been following the story for two years. The article, “The Hidden History of New York City’s Central Library Plan”, is available online, here. Sherman’s article, which is based … Read more More re New York Public Library

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Avnery: Cry, Beloved Country

Uri Avnery August 24, 2013 Cry, Beloved Country I DIDN’T want to write this article, but I had to. I love Egypt. I love the Egyptian people. I have spent some of the happiest days of my life there. My heart bleeds when I think of Egypt. And these days I think about Egypt all the time. I cannot remain silent when I see what is happening there, an … Read more Avnery: Cry, Beloved Country

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Uri Avnery: A new Guinness Record

 August 17, 2013   I DON’T know if the Guinness Book of World Records has a special section for Chutzpah. a If it does not, it should. That’s the one competition where we might take home a few gold medals. The first one would surely go to Binyamin Netanyahu.  THIS WEEK, on the eve of the first round of serious negotiations between the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority, Netanyahu … Read more Uri Avnery: A new Guinness Record

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Gene Coleman’s “Water Of The Last Moment” & PJ’s “Dis/Aster”

Composer Gene Coleman just posted the first 10 minutes of his composition “Water Of The Last Moment” which constituted the opening section of “The Gulf (between you and me)” commissioned by The Crossing and for which I wrote the texts.  Gene added the following note: This is the first 10′ from this work for 24 voices, Sho and Live Electronics. It was commissioned by The Crossing for their project … Read more Gene Coleman’s “Water Of The Last Moment” & PJ’s “Dis/Aster”

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Update from the Committee to Save the New York Public Library

August 6, 2013 Dear Library Supporter,  On Wednesday, July 24, NYPL President and CEO Anthony Marx was a guest on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate show.  The CSNYPL has posted a rebuttal to his comments, which you can read on our website: http://www.savenypl.org/news-and-events/ Recently The Architect’s Newspaper featured an excellent article on the Central Library Plan controversy, and the alterations it would bring to the iconic 42nd Street Library:  http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=6781 For … Read more Update from the Committee to Save the New York Public Library

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Review of “Cartographies of the In-Between”

Ambulatory Criticism Amanda Montei From: American Book Review Volume 34, Number 4, May/June 2013 p. 28 | 10.1353/abr.2013.0057 In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:  Pierre Joris is perhaps best recognized for his work as a translator, particularly for his award-winning translations of Paul Celan’s poetry, though he has also authored more than two-dozen books of poetry and has collaborated on numerous editorial projects … Read more Review of “Cartographies of the In-Between”

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More Darwish Remembrance & Celebration

Looking around the web, here is another celebration of Darwish on this anniversary, via Arabic Literature (in English) blog, with useful links to a range of materials:   Selected Works: On the 5th Anniversary of Mahmoud Darwish’s Death by mlynxqualey Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish died on August 9, 2008: I particularly appreciate this 2002 interview Darwish gave to Raja Shehadeh: Raja Shehadeh: Do you build on the work of others? Mahmoud Darwish: Yes. Very much so. … Read more More Darwish Remembrance & Celebration

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Mahmood Darwish, Five Years Already

Last night, just before falling asleep I was reading in Pascal Quignard’s Sur le jadis (volume 2 of his Dernier Royaume series) & came across the following sentence: “C’est une plaie qui cherche son couteau. / It is a wound looking for its knife.” I put the book down to go to sleep, but the sentence kept running through my mind & for some reason started to irritate. I … Read more Mahmood Darwish, Five Years Already

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Greeting The Dawn in Sète

Improvised sunrise reading at Voix de la Méditerranée Sète 5AM — July 23rd 2013. Nicole Peyrafitte: Voice & Poetry; Pascal Delalée: Violin; Salvador Paterna: Guitar; Trumpet: Michel Giroud, a.k.a. Coyote; Video Capture: Pierre Joris. NP-Sete 07 23 2013 01 from Tawil Productions on Vimeo.

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