Nomadics

November 25, 2018

The Sequel: life after economic growth

I found this essay by Shaun Chamberlin this morning in Tikkun magazine, & reproduce it here without official permission but as an act of a sharing economy of mind. It is essential now to...

Climate Change

November 22, 2018

Winter weather extremes in the US and Europe:

Messing with giant airstreams in the stratosphere. Press Release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research 22/11/2018 Over Thanksgiving, arctic air masses are predicted to bring record-cold temperatures and frigid winds to the...

Uncategorized

November 4, 2018

Nine Translations from Arabic Forthcoming this Month

Nine translations from the Arabic — at least, translated from the Arabic in some roundabout fashion — forthcoming this month: 1) We Have Buried the Past, by Moroccan novelist ‘Abd al-karim Ghallab, translated by...

Climate Change / Ecology / Global Warming

November 1, 2018

Extreme Weather Likely To Become More Frequent

Press Release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research 01/11/2018 Extreme weather will likely become more frequent due to stalling of giant waves in the atmosphere • Computer simulations predict a strong increase...

Literature / Translation

October 31, 2018

El Misterio Nadal: A Lost and Rescued Book

El Misterio Nadal A Lost and Rescued Book Purportedly Compiled and with Introduction in 2001 by Roberto Bolaño Edited by Isabel Quiroga and Jorge Mosconi Translated by A. B. published by Spuyten Duyvil...

Poetry / Translation

October 29, 2018

Birhan Keskin’s Y’ol

Just out from Spuyten Duyvil: Y’ol by Birhan Keskin Translated from the Turkish by Murat Nemet-Nejat Here’s what I have to say about Y’ol: “When I read Birhan Keskin’s poems I hear...

Poetry / Poetry readings

October 22, 2018

Lace Mill Homage to Gerrit Lansing

The Lace Mill, Kingston, NY. Saturday, 20 October 2018 A Celebration of Gerrit Lansing Public · Hosted by Michael Bisio with Don Byrd, Pierre Joris, Robert Kelly, George Quasha, Tomas Urayon Noel, Tammas Panitz,...

Arab Culture / Mashreq / Poetry / Translation

October 19, 2018

Arabian Romantic: A ‘Linear Descendent’ of Early Arabic Classics

via ArabLit: Marcel Kurpershoek, editor-translator of ‘Abdallah ibn Sbayyil’s Arabian Romantic: Poems on Bedouin Life and Love, first became acquainted with Nabati poetry in the 1980s, while working as a diplomat in Saudi Arabia. He...

Arab Culture / Poetry / Translation

October 17, 2018

‘Loss Sings’: Translating Grief

James E Montgomery’s Loss Sings is the latest title in the beautiful Cahiers Series, explorations of writing and translation that also includes work by Lydia Davis, Elfriede Jelinek, and Maureen Freely; via the always excellent ArabLit, Arabic Literature...

Celebration / Conference / Criticism / Cultural Studies

October 12, 2018

Eric Mottram Remembered: Videos of the Kings College Conference

Eric Mottram Remembered: Poet, Professor and Cultural Firebrand King’s College, London 23 April 2018 Master of Ceremonies: Clive Bush Videos: Optic Nerve 1 An introduction to the Mottram papers by...