Category: Language

Happy 250th, JP!

This morning’s riddle, dear bloggiste: Who is the famous German writer from the days of Goethe and Schiller, known by his French first name, if known at all, and who was born today 250...

ON THE ROAD WITH BOB HOLMAN

Ram Devineni put this notice on the Buffalo Poetics list;  I’m very sorry I had to miss last night’s fiesta presentation at the Bowery Poetry Club. But I want to repeat the notice here...

Barney Rosset (1922 – 2012)

from NYT obit: Barney Rosset, Trailblazing Publisher, Dies at 89 By JOHN WILLIAMS Barney Rosset, the legendary owner of Grove Press who fought legal battles to publish provocative writers, including Henry Miller and Samuel Beckett,...

Language without a childhood

Via signandsight, this on the Turkish-born German-writing author Emine Sevgi Özdamar. You can read the full article here: A tribute to the writing of Emine Sevgi Özdamar, whose novels have made Berlin greater, more expansive,...

The Times Union on UA Cuts

UAlbany language cuts spark petition By STEPHANIE LEE Staff Writer Published: 12:00 a.m., Monday, November 15, 2010 ALBANY — More than 13,000 people from around the world have signed an online petition in an effort...