Hmm. guess South Africa’s not the only country in which government ministers get rape crazy… [Then again, it’s entirely possible there is more to this than meets the eye, Moshe (nee Musa) is an Iranian Sephardi Jew, amongst an Israeli political establishment that is heavily Ashkenazi and historically openly racist towards Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, […]
Frederick Seidel, Poems 1959 – 2009. And Charles Upton, The Wars of Love
(direct Amazon links for you forthcoming) On Frederick Seidel, Poems 1959-2009 Joseph Beth Books just received a copy of Frederick Seidel’s massive Poems, 1959 – 2009. So I poached it off their shelves. The hardbound volume was $40, rather expensive, but Seidel’s works are hard to get a hold of in retail chains, and this […]
Qitat – Two fragments of odes to dead poets
To Milton and Abu Nuwas: inspired by Elliot’s thoughts on individual talent and the tradition, behold, my ode to two poets, far better than I.. I. Milton; noble pedant, I like your blank verse, produced by factory assembly lines, for it does bore a legion of school boys, who lack the lungs for heights of […]
Part 3 – Wrapping up stealing the thunder of Giants, and pissing on their Shoulders
[photo source danliterature.files.wordpress.com] So my posts have likely pissed off a few readers, in fact they probably haven’t launched into how empowering what I’m saying really is. What I’m trying to say, when internalized, may be far more relevant to you, as an individual, than your emotive knee jerk reaction may register. An authentic Right […]