Month: December 2013

It’s the 40th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Reading Benefit!

  Andrew Durbin, Anselm Berrigan, Adam Fitzgerald, Alex Dimitrov, Alice James, Amanda Davidson, Andrew Boston, Anne Tardos, Anne Waldman, Ariel Goldberg, Arlo Quint, Arthur’s Landing, Basil King, Becca Klaver, Beth Gill, Betsy Fagin, Bill Kushner, Bob Hershon, Bob Holman, Bob Rosenthal, Brenda Coultas, Brendan Lorber, Brett Price, Bruce Andrews & Sally Silvers, CA Conrad, Camille Rankine, Carley Moore, Carol Mirakove, Carolee Scheemann, Cecilia Corrigan, Christina Strong, Christine Elmo, Christine … Read more It’s the 40th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Reading Benefit!

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The Portable Boog Reader 7 Now Online!

The Portable Boog Reader 7: HERE N.Y.C. and Pittsburgh N.Y.C. co-editors: Laura Henriksen, Amy King, David A. Kirschenbaum, Geoffrey Olsen, Nicole Peyrafitte, and Angela Veronica Wong Pittsburgh co-editors Margaret Bashaar and Lauren Russell WITH WORK FROM: N.Y.C. POETS Rosebud Ben-Oni • Leopoldine Core •Steve Dalachinsky Nicholas DeBoer • Ray DeJesús • Francesca DeMusz Claire Donato • Ian Dreiblatt • Anna Gurton-Wachter April Naoko Heck • Darrel Alejandro Holnes • … Read more The Portable Boog Reader 7 Now Online!

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Five Years After the Cast Lead Operation: ‘Gaza Writes Back’

Originally posted by Arabic Literature (in English): by mlynxqualey It was five years ago that Cast Lead began. Now a book of short stories, Gaza Writes Back, marks the anniversary. The book’s editor, Refaat Alareer, answers questions about the collection:  ArabLit: How did the idea for this collection come about? How did you put out the call for submissions? Did you tell the writers it was to commemorate Cast Lead? … Read more Five Years After the Cast Lead Operation: ‘Gaza Writes Back’

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75 Years Ago Osip Mandelstam died

Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam — О́сип Эми́льевич Мандельшта́м — was born January 15  1891 & died 75 years ago today on December 27, 1938 in Siberia at a transit camp to the Gulag where Stalin had sent him for writing poems that insulted the dictator. Probably the greatest Russian lyric poet & essayist of the first part of the 20C. I am still awaiting a really great translation into English of the poetry. Many … Read more 75 Years Ago Osip Mandelstam died

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Report from Tuesday’s court hearing on the Central Library Plan

by The Campaign to Save the Library: With our allies we prevailed in court on Tuesday. The temporary restraining order which prevents any demolition at the 42nd Street Library was extended! Thanks to all of you who helped fill Judge Wooten’s courtroom for the NYPL hearings on Tuesday. Proceedings took most of the day. Arguments by Michael Hiller of Weiss and Hiller representing plaintives Edmund Morris et al. were … Read more Report from Tuesday’s court hearing on the Central Library Plan

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The World in a Wheelchair

An interesting, scary &, I believe, accurate article by Eric Holthaus on where we are at concerning global warming was just published by Quartz. Below, the opening paragraphs & the graph: So it’s come to this. Last year, a researcher presented a paper on climate change at the American Geophysical Union’s meeting entitled ”Is Earth F**ked?” which advocated “environmental direct action, resistance taken from outside the dominant culture, as in protests, blockades and sabotage … Read more The World in a Wheelchair

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Sudanese Poet, Artist Mohamed Bahnas Dies Homeless in Cairo

Via Arab Literature (In English) & Still Sudan: Numerous news outlets (Shorouk, Youm7, Veto) are reporting that multitalented Mohamed Hussein Bahnas — guitarist, singer, artist, poet, and novelist — died of hunger and exposure on Cairo’s streets: The 42-year-old artist apparently came to Cairo two years ago to stage an exhibition and remained, performing his songs and poetry in various locations around Cairo, but wasn’t able to afford permanent shelter. His death was first mourned … Read more Sudanese Poet, Artist Mohamed Bahnas Dies Homeless in Cairo

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Risk of Absolute Water Scarcity

Press release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research 17/12/2013 Climate change puts forty percent more people at risk of absolute water scarcity: study  Relative change in water resources at 2°C of warming compared to present day. Color is percent change, color saturation is degree of agreement between models. (See below at right.)   Water scarcity impacts people’s lives in many countries already today. Future population growth will increase … Read more Risk of Absolute Water Scarcity

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From A Robert Kelly Reading

On Monday night I caught a reading by Anna Moschovakis & Robert Kelly at the DIA Art Foundation. Exciting work from & excellent reading by both poets (The evening’s audio/visual record should eventually be up at Pennsound). I was able to record a bit of Kelly’s reading & below is one poem I more specifically liked at first “hear.” RK had introduced that section by saying they were a … Read more From A Robert Kelly Reading

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