Today is going to be one of those long nights at the library. On such days, I give myself a few morning leisure hours with the web and/or a pile of still-unread magazine articles. For example...
1. "Tomaž Šalamun: An Introduction" by Robert Hass and Šalamun's poem "Folk Song" ("Poem of the Week" for 9/20/2004)
Every true poet is a monster.
He destroys people and their speech.
2. "How to Read a Translation" by Lawrence Venuti (via Words Without Borders)
We should view the translator as a special kind of writer, possessing not an originality that competes against the foreign author’s, but rather an art of mimicry, aided by a stylistic repertoire that taps into the literary resources of the translating language.
3. "Loops of perception: sampling, memory, and the semantic web" by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid
We live in an era where quotation and sampling operate on such a deep level that the archaeology of what can be called knowledge floats in a murky realm between the real and unreal.
4. Rattapallax 11: David gave this to me yesterday. I've been listening to the CD all morning and looking up poetry readings as a result.
5. Red Poppy:
A place for poetry. A flower planted during the hour of the garden. A family which hopes to create progressive sustainable social change in Latin America and the world through art. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are rooted in la tierra of Latin America from the silver stones of Macchu Picchu to the high deserts of Mexico, from the soul of Cuba to the blue snow-capped volcanoes and ancient forests of Southern Chile." [link in the original]
6. "Why name a crater after Pablo Neruda?": If you want to know the answer to this question you must follow the link. You won't regret it. Did you know, for instance, that "only craters on Mercury can be named after literary figures"?
It's time now to hit the books.
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