Nomadics

December 16, 2016

Just Out: “The Blood of The Stone” by Marcela Delpastre

translated from the Occitan by Nicole Peyrafitte & Pierre Joris. Order from mindmade books.

Arab Culture / Arabic / Book Launch / Censorship / Mashreq / Poetry / Politics / Translation

November 22, 2016

Just Out: Ashraf Fayadh’s Instructions Within

Very pleased to be back in New York, despite all — & find my copy of Ashraf Fayadh’s Instructions Within, translated by Mona Kareem (with Mona Zaki & Jonathan Wright) & published by the operating system....

Corporate America / Economy / Environment / Fossil fuel / Global Capitalism / Global Warming / History / Man-made Disaster / Politics

November 4, 2016

Uri Avnery on The Need to Vote, or, The Lesser Evil

November 5, 2016 The Lesser Evil WHO WILL win the elections in the US in three days? I know for sure. No need to ask the public opinion polls, the modern equivalent...

Jazz / Live Reading / Occitan / Performances / Poetry

October 27, 2016

“Porteurs de Mots” Performances Chez Lily in Germ

Serada “Porteurs de Mots” (Part 1) Serada “Porteurs de Mots” (Part 2) Le 25/06/16 Chez Lily à Germ Louron. Video by Frank Morignière with: Corinne Dubarry (accordéon, voix) Arnaud Tartari (gembri, guitare, percussions) Nicole...

Literature / Poetry / Science

October 22, 2016

Poetry & Science At The same Table: A Discussion Between Raoul Schrott & Gerd Folkers

Dichtung und Wissenschaft am selben Tisch: der Schriftsteller Raoul Schrott (links) und der Naturwissenschafter Gerd Folkers (rechts). (Bild: NZZ / Karin Hofer) An extract from a discussion in today’s Neue Zuricher Zeitung; you can...

Interview / Poetry / Whatever

October 10, 2016

From Glasgow: Flash Interview #3

Pierre Joris Flash Interview #3 from Tawil Productions on Vimeo. Nicole Peyrafitte conducts & films another spontaneous Flash Interview at Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow where we spent an excellent near-week for the Outside-in /...

Language / Literature / Mashreq / Translation

October 1, 2016

The Launch of KurdîLit

via Arab Literature (in English) & by MLYNXQUALEY on OCTOBER 1, 2016 • ( 0 ) Although thus far it focuses only on Kurmanjî and Kurmanjkî, two dialects of Kurdish spoken in Turkey, the KurdîLit project promises...

Obituaries

September 28, 2016

The Saga of Sisyphus: Avnery on Peres

[Uri Avnery posted this piece on Shimon Peres on September 24, 2016, thus 2 days before Peres died. I reproduce it here because I think it is a more accurate evaluation of Peres than the...

Climate Change

September 26, 2016

Giant see-saw of monsoon rains detected

Press release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research 26/09/2016 When the summer rains in China are weak, they are strong in Australia, and vice versa – scientists have discovered a previously unknown...

Arab Culture / Arabic / Mashreq / Poetry / Poets / Translation

September 14, 2016

A poem by Abu Sakhr al-Hudhali, as transmitted by Abu Ali al-Qali

It gives me great pleasure to publish David Larsen’s translations & introductions on this core text of 8 century poems with 10 century comments from the classical, though unhappily too little known (at least...