Nomadics

Pierre Joris' Meanderings & mawqifs of poetry, poetics, translations y mas. Travelogue too.

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A Blast from the Past

It’s pre-6 a.m. thus too early to think, so here’s a shot of 4 beatles talking to 1 ass (more, nay, a whole gallery of such pix from a Beatles gathering in 1969 at...

Intellectuals / Journalism / Whatever

de Bottoning Out

…& as we’re on religion, here’s a follow-up that has nothing to do with Karl or Jesus. It is a critical take on Alain de Botton’s proposal for a “temple for atheists” in his...

Agitprop / Uncategorized / Whatever

A Change of Underwear

News from Trier, Germany, home of a major Catholic Cathedral & birthplace of Karl Marx: From 13 April to 13 May a highly publicized mise-en-scene by the catholic church will propose a pilgrimage to...

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Oops!

Nomadics was hacked by some Kanadadaian Viagra/Cialis pharmacies on Monday — as I was in Albany teaching that day & Wednesday & not getting back ’cause of snow storm until yesterday afternoon, I only...

Poetry / Whatever

Thanksgiving Prayer by WSB

or to quote Jon Stewart: “I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their...

Uncategorized / Whatever

More Summer Noticings…

— Prehistoric Dildo, as reported by LiveScience where Clara Moskowitz writes: “The carved bone was unearthed at a Mesolithic site in Motala, Sweden, that is rich with ancient artifacts from between 4,000 to 6,000...