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Charles Davidson: Are We Prepared for the Knock on the Door?

Brutality has become ICE’s signature policy. Trump’s “barbed-wire” signature has dictated the ungodly means and ungodly ends of what rapidly has become the Trumpian version of the Nazi Gestapo and the Communist NKVD.

November 2, 2025 · 11 Comments

Mike Schneider: Appreciating Charles Simic (1938-2023)

In the distance our great leader
Crowed like a rooster from a balcony, 
Or was it a great actor
Impersonating our great leader?

August 22, 2025 · 15 Comments

Sandy Solomon: After Kahlo

We hid in a big wardrobe to sing
songs praising Zapata, our voices
joined, the air smelling of walnut.

January 13, 2025 · 7 Comments

Zbigniew Herbert: The Envoy of Mr. Cogito

and do not forgive truly it is not in your power
to forgive in the name of those betrayed at dawn

October 25, 2024 · 10 Comments

Baron Wormser: “Gilgamesh Hector Roland” | On Zbigniew Herbert

If only we had the strength to acknowledge our weaknesses, how different we might be as creatures. 

October 25, 2024 · 5 Comments

Video: Marina Abramović | History

Marina Abramović draws upon her upbringing in Communist Yugoslavia and offers insights into her artistic vision in collaboration with video artist Charles Atlas.

April 21, 2024 · Leave a comment

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