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La Lutte continue
At KGB Bar on Monday night March 9th, Sandy McClatchy was reading his poems when, as Sarah Arvio writes, something unexpected happened, or almost happened, or seemed on the verge of happening, in the…
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Whodunit? [by David Lehman]
According to Nietzsche, who killed tragedy? And why? 1) Euripides, because "The Bacchae" lacks the Dionysiac element.2) Socrates, because reason is the enemy of tragedy.3) Jesus, because Christianity is the enemy of tragedy.4) Aristophanes,…
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from night geographies [by Elizabeth Myhr]
7 on the top landing of old pebbled concrete stairs a steep block above the deep canal rain drips down the lamppost’s bronze acanthus falls in the wax laurel hitting and bending the…
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Modern Mongolian Literature in Seven Days – Part 4: O Dashbalbar [by Simon Wickham-Smith]
O Dashbalbar (1957-1999) was the youngets of Yavuuhulan's three main students, but also the one whom the other two recognised as somehow their leader and their teacher. He spent the first thirty-seven years of…
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Modern Mongolian Literature in Seven Days – Part 3: G Mend-Ooyo [by Simon Wickham-Smith]
G Mend-Ooyo (b1952) was born into a nomadic family. Trained as a teacher, and the second of Yavuuhulan's three main students, hehas now published over thirty books of poetry, criticism and essays, and has…
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“Twice as Many Stars” by Laura Orem
Today I'd like to tell you a story. This happened many years ago, at a workshop led by the poet Roland Flint. Roland was one of those people who carried an entire library inside…
