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Philip K. Dick [by Mitch Sisskind]
No telling what time it was As he woke in darkness with The sleeping cat’s warmth, A gift from God, on the back Of his neck and, weeping, He willed himself to perfect…
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The Short Prose Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction—a Fantasy* [by Alan Ziegler]
* This fictive conversation comprises factually-based dialogue I have put in the speakers’ mouths along with their actual words (sometimes lightly adapted), which are in italics. TIME: The never-present SETTING: The Théâtre du Splendide…
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Poetry from Aotearoa/New Zealand 1 — Bill Manhire’s ‘Hotel Emergencies’
2008 (c) Ed Swinden Hotel Emergencies The fire alarm sound: is given as a howling sound. Do not use the lifts. The optimism sound: is given as the sound…
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Introducing the Poets of New Zealand
Photograph (c) Jason O'Hara Beginning this week, Gregory O'Brien will be curating a weekly series featuring poets of New Zealand. Poet, essayist, artist and curator Gregory O'Brien was born in Matamata, New Zealand, in…
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The Presence/Absence of Jewish Culture in Catalunya, Aphorisms of Jose Bergamin [by Sharon Dolin]
Ancient mikveh in Girona This will be my last post from Barcelona. I had wanted to translate something else. Or to speak about the shadow of Judaism that shows itself in unexpected places. Such…
