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Arab Culture / Language / Literature / Translation

July 15, 2015

‘Many, Many Works of Wonder’: Beyond the Classic Classics

via the always great Arabic Literature (in English) BY MLYNXQUALEY on JULY 14, 2015 • ( 0 ) The fifth session of “A Corpus Not a Canon: A Workshop on the Library of Arabic...

Arab Culture / Arabic / Translation

July 13, 2015

Arabic Literature Is from Mars, English Literature from Venus:

A Comparative Balancing Act BY MLYNXQUALEY on JUNE 29, 2015 • ( 0 ) The third session of “A Corpus Not a Canon: A Workshop on the Library of Arabic Literature,” a panel series...

Economy / Europe

July 8, 2015

Piketty: “Germany Has Never Repaid Its Debts…

…It Has No Standing To Lecture Other Nations” In a forceful interview with German newspaper Die Zeit, the star economist Thomas Piketty calls for a major conference on debt. Germany, in particular, should not...

Arab Culture / Arabic / Language / Maghreb

June 29, 2015

MOROCCO IN ‘OPEN CONFRONTATION WITH THE ARABIC LANGUAGE(S)’?

BY MLYNXQUALEY on JUNE 25, 2015 • ( 2 ) Morocco’s “National Coalition for Arabic” is reportedly up in arms over a Ramadan sitcom it says “mocks the Arabic language”; a government minister says...

Gaza Strip / Israel / Uncategorized

June 27, 2015

Uri Avnery on War Crimes

Uri Avnery June 27, 2015 War Crimes? Us??? “WAR IS HELL!” the US general William Tecumseh Sherman famously exclaimed. War is the business of killing the “enemy”, in order to impose your will on them. Therefore,...

Live Reading / Performance / Poetry readings / Uncategorized

June 25, 2015

Pierre Joris & Nicole Peyrafitte at l’ Asile 404…

in Marseilles with the brilliant Manu Morvan et Thomas Pailharey. Thanks to Denis Brun for the vidéo! It was great fun…see you guys soon again, we hope!

Anthology / Arab Culture / Arabic / Conference / Uncategorized

June 24, 2015

Genre, Anxiety, and the Plurivocality of the Arabic Tradition

via the always excellent Arabic Literature (in English): BY MLYNXQUALEY on JUNE 22, 2015 • ( 1 ) The second session of the “A Corpus Not a Canon: A Workshop on the Library of...

Book Review / Poetry

June 23, 2015

Norman Weinstein on “Barzakh”

Just published on Jacket2; below the opening paras & the link to the whole piece. Healer and hunter: A review of Pierre Joris’s ‘Barzakh’ NORMAN WEINSTEIN Barzakh: Poems 2000–2012 Pierre Joris Black Widow Press...

Celebration / Essays

June 22, 2015

Stephen Kessler on Juan Felipe Herrera

This article was first published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel two days ago. America’s new ‘bard without borders’ Juan Felipe Herrera, California’s poet laureate, the son of migrant farmworkers, will be the next U.S. poet...

Climate Change

June 19, 2015

“Humanity at risk:” climate scientist Schellnhuber speaks at the Vatican

Press Release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research 06/18/2015 Pope Francis’ much anticipated encyclical “Laudato Si” on inequality and the environment mirrors not only religious insights but also the findings of climate...