Macondo or McOndo? What I think about when I think about [world] literature
I was thinking the other day about whether there is any point in demarcating the study of literature according to national borders – university departments…
More...Farming the Footnotes for Great Work
I’ve been revisiting The Tempest again (and truly, is there a better play, ever? okay, maybe Superman: The Musical) and I’ve discovered that my reading…
More...Swedenborg’s Oven: Head number Two – A [Radical] Midrash
Reading Emily Finlay’s first Vitalpoetics post reminded me of an essay Kevin Hart wrote about the poetry of Francis Webb. In “Francis Webb: Unsaying Transcendence”,…
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Why care about Lascaux
For those of you unaware of Lascaux, the story is simple – it’s an archaeological site in southwestern France, home to 17,000 year old Upper…
More...On “The Right to Say Everything” II
Reflecting on the right to say everything feels appropriate given the internet filter currently proposed by the Australian government. Putting aside the myriad…
More...Open Letter Press: Jorge Volpi’s “A Season of Ash”
Recently I was given an amazing gift: a twelve month subscription to Open Letter Press at the University of Rochester. Open Letter publishes translations of…
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