Doug Anderson: Strophe, Antistrophe
When the men come down to the water they are ghosts, you can see their sorrow beneath the skin. They come down slowly, stumbling not looking where they put their … Continue reading
Eduardo Galeano: The Shoe
In 1919 Rosa Luxemburg, the revolutionary, was murdered in Berlin. Her killers bludgeoned her with rifle blows and tossed her into the waters of a canal. Along the way, she … Continue reading
Video: Jack Kerouac — “McDougall Street Blues”
Jack Kerouac speaks while Steve Allen plays jazz piano. With video clips of New York City in the 1950’s and 60’s. A beautiful piece of collaborative work capturing the mood … Continue reading
Adrian Blevins: What Makes Us Lose Our Minds
You find out about people like Nigel in little bits and pieces, anyway. It happens while you’re wondering whether the hills might in another country look like white elephants until … Continue reading
Audio: Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix
Purple Haze with song lyrics included. Biography of Jimi Hendrix James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, … Continue reading
Jose Padua: The Night Jimi Hendrix Died
The night Jimi Hendrix died I was unacquainted with the process of integrating chords and leads, or with the evolution from mannerism to baroque and then late baroque style. I … Continue reading
Paul Christensen: The Elusive Truth
Truth keeps getting harder to recognize these days. I am reminded of Antonioni’s film, Blow Up (1966), in which a photographer happens upon a possible murder in a London park, … Continue reading
Laura McCullough: Things That have Lived and Then Died
“I’m living with my cousin now in Union Beach. Not great, but her husband left her, and we kind of take care of each other now.” Molly’s hair was a … Continue reading
B. Traven: Fire in the Hole: A New American Military Disaster, Yemen
The Unifed States has spent the last twenty-five years pulling Israel’s and Saudi Arabia’s chestnuts out of the fire in the Middle East. First with Desert Storm in Kuwait in … Continue reading →