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Farewell! [by Elizabeth Myhr]
It's been such a pleasure to post on this blog all week – thanks to all of you who have visited and commented! If you need to find me in the future, please do…
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Modern Mongolian Literature in Seven Days: a finale of sorts [by Simon Wickham-Smith]
So there you have it. Modern Mongolian literature in seven days. How wonderful is that? Of course, seven writers cannot in any way tell very much about the wide range (even within the tradition)…
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Mongolian Culture from Another Angle [by Simon Wickham-Smith]
Meet Mongolian rap artist Ice Top. This is a video to the song “76d” which is an excoriation of the 76 members of the Great Hural, the country’s parliament. The images are not especially…
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Modern Mongolian Literature in Seven Days – Part 7: L Ölziitögs
L Ölziitögs (b1972) is one of a growing number of younger poets who, while not totally rejecting the traditional thematic and stylistic concerns of Mongolian poetry, are nonetheless looking outside the country and incorporating…
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“Shanked on the Red Bed” (by Susan Wheeler)
Shanked on the Red Bed The perch was on the roof, and the puck was in the air. The diffident were driving, and the daunted didn't care. When I came out to search…
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Hemingway Reassures Fitzgerald About His Penis [by Jim Cummins]
Everybody my age knows about Hemingway's story about measuring F. Scott Fitzgerald's penis in A Moveable Feast, but maybe it's a good way to introduce a younger generation to Big Papa's work. I've always wanted to write…
