0-The University of California Book of North African Literature
1-Exile is My Trade: A Habib Tengour Reader edited & translated by Pierre Joris
2-Pierre Joris: Cartographies of the In-Between edited by Peter Cockelbergh
3-Paul Celan: The Meridian Final Version—Drafts—Materials
Justifying the Margins (Essays)
— Prehistoric Dildo, as reported by LiveScience where Clara Moskowitz writes: “The carved bone was unearthed at a Mesolithic site in Motala, Sweden, that is rich with ancient artifacts from between 4,000 to 6,000 B.C. The area’s unique features may have allowed bone artifacts, which usually get destroyed over the millennia, to survive. ‘It’s an [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Goethe'
More Summer Noticings…
July 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized, Whatever
Tags: Bone dildo·Goethe·Hafiz·STEP Carbon Capture·Yoga Moguls
Goethe's Arabic Title Page
July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Arabic, Literature, Poetry, Translation, Uncategorized
After I posted on Goethe & his Color Theory last week, Tom Cheetham mentioned the post on his Corbin blog, and pointed to his own postings on the matter, looking at Corbin’s interests in Goethe and at the latter’s interests in Islam and Islamic poetry, Hafiz peeminently (here). I have been reading Goethe’s West-Östlicher Divan [...]
Celan, Goethe, Hahneman, Handke and more.
July 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Cultural Studies, Intellectuals, Literature, Paul Celan, Uncategorized
Skimming the Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 10.07.2010 (and then having to buy 2 of the articles for € 2 each — i.e. basically the price of the whole Sunday Times here in NYC) — I came across these bits which may be of interest: — What do a JS Bach receipt for 32 cents (well, [...]
Two Poems by Goethe
April 13th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Translation
On a sunny Monday morning, here are two sudden translations from Goethe’s West-Östlicher Diwan: Goethe to Hafiz: And if the whole world disappeared Hafiz, with you and only you I would compete . Pleasure & pain As twins we’d share! To love & to drink like you That shall be my pride, my life. BLESSING-PLEDGES [...]
Tags: Goethe·West-Östlicher Diwan