February 2010 – Nomadics

Intellectuals / Interview / Literature / New York

February 28, 2010

Burroughs on his Buddies

Oh, well, this morning with sun out & snow on the ground here in Nueva Iork, some nostalgia: Burroughs talking about meeting Ginsberg & Kerouac way back when — actually, when I was 2…

Antarctic Ice / Climate Change / Environment

February 27, 2010

An Iceberg the Size of Luxembourg

As I am from Luxembourg, I well know how small a country it is — and yet, it is a country with all that entails, and so it has a size that is both...

Uncategorized

February 26, 2010

Charles Bernstein Interview

Much enjoyed the Chicago interview Charles Bernstein gave to Daniel Benjamin for the Chicago Weekly while in that town a week. or two ago. Below, a short extract. Go here to read the whole...

Arab Culture / Books / Poetry / Translation

February 25, 2010

Private Library's Introduction to Arab Literature

Just came across this series of blog entries by L.D. Mitchell on his Private Library blog, and this sequence on Arabic Literature — start here with # 1 — is a fine introduction with...

Art Exhibition / Uncategorized

February 22, 2010

D’Artagnan 25th Anniversary Art Exhibition You are cordially invited to a reception with the Gascon artists Michel Calvet Nicole Peyrafitte Jean-Pierre Rives TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at THE WORLD BAR...

Film / Intellectuals / Interview / signandsight / Uncategorized / Visual Arts

February 20, 2010

Herzog on Eisner, Avatar, the Spanish Inquisition y mas…

signandsight just published the translation of an interesting interview (first in Die Zeit) with German movie-maker Werner Herzog; below, the opening paras — you can read the whole thing here. In fact, my favorite...

Poetry / Translation

February 19, 2010

10 Finalists for 3%'s 2010 Best Translated Book of Poetry Award

Three Percent, the University of Rochester’s “translation-centric Web site,” has announced ten finalists for its 2010 Best Translated Book of Poetry Award. The judges — Brandon Holmquest, Jennifer Kronovet, Idra Novey, Kevin Prufer and...

Middle East / Palestine

February 16, 2010

Waterless in Gaza

One of many destroyed water wells in Gaza’s border regions. Via the Electronic Intifada, here is the opening section of a reportage on the situation in the Gaza strip. You can read the full...

Poetry / Translation

February 15, 2010

Charles Olson @ 100: Post 1 of many

The first celebratory event of the year Charles Olson would have turned 100 happened — for me at least — a few days ago when the postman (& it took a big man, a...

Uncategorized

February 14, 2010

Sioux Nation Asphixiated by Snow Storms

Massive Sioux Indian Reservation Battles Snow with Three Plows by Denis Campbell posted on Friday, 12 February 2010 on Russell Means As we have seen in the blizzards in Washington and New York, hundreds...