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Monthly Archives: November 2009
HITCHHIKING & TRAINHOPPING–Part VIII
THE CONFESSIONS OF FOFI LITTLEPANTS PART VIII by Fofi Littlepants VIII. PENISES One strange theme that manifested during our journey was that of penises. Yes, that part of the male genitalia. This was not because we were getting lots of … Continue reading
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Sunday Poetry Series Presents: Mark Smith-Soto
PRESIDENT IN MY HEART by Mark Smith-Soto —”Just wait, I’ll show you,” he cried, and struck out at them unmercifully. When he stopped and counted, no less than seven flies lay dead with their legs in the air. He couldn’t … Continue reading
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ADRIENNE RICH
POEM IV From the collection “Twenty-One Love Poems” (1978) by Adrienne Rich IV I come home from you through the early light of Spring flashing off ordinary walls, the Pez Dorado, the Discount Wares, the shoe-store…I’m lugging my sack of … Continue reading
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: TSERING WANGMO DHOMPA
AS REMEMBERED by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa I am only beginning to understand how seasons affect me. Winter. Snow beating street people into obedience. How mothers held back from stepping out in discreetly ornamented shoes and thin nylon socks. This is … Continue reading
ITALIAN FUTURISM — RUSSOLO
THE ART OF NOISES by Luigi Russolo Dear Balilla Pratella, great Futurist composer, In Rome, in the Costanzi Theatre, packed to capacity, while I was listening to the orchestral performance of your overwhelming Futurist music, with my Futurist friends, Marinetti, … Continue reading
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VERONICA FORREST-THOMSON
A LETTER TO G.S. FRASER by Veronica Forrest-Thomson 14, Searle Street, Cambridge 19/8/74 Dear George, Thank you for your long and helpful letter. I don’t know about Reading yet and am meanwhile starting to apply to schools and thinking of … Continue reading
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COMMENTARY
Roman coin depicting Janus, the god of doors and beginnings. TIME EXCHANGES: SHARE YOUR LIFE ENERGY by Mira Luna Time exchanges have been around for over a 100 years, presumably much longer in various forms, many undocumented. During the last … Continue reading
WHEELER HALL PROTESTS
Protesters in front of Wheeler Hall at UC Berkeley. Flickr photo by Pye42. As most of you know, I’m not one to send out mass appeals for letters or signatures, but in this case, I spent a little time outside … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto Velazquez, Alex Tarr, Alicia Cowart, Ananya Roy, Anthony Fontes, Chancellor Birgeneau, Chris Kutz, David Pieper, Diana Negrin, Erin Collins, George Lakoff, Jason Strange, Javier Arbona, Jennifer Casolo, Jennifer Greenburg, Jenny Baca, Jessica Lage, John Stehlin, Ju Hui Judy Han, Juan David de Lara, Judith Butler, Julie Klinger, Kao Shih-Yang, Katy Guimond, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Leigh Johnson, Lindsey Dillon, Liz Carlisle, Max Woodworth, Miri Lavi-Neeman, Nathan McClintock, Nicole List, Rachel Brahinsky, Rajshekhar Singh, Sandy Brown, Sapana Doshi, Sapna Elizabeth Gardner Thottathil, Sarah Knuth, Seth Lunine, Shaina Potts, Shannon Cram, Teo Ballvé, Tim Rowe, Wheeler Hall protests, Youjeong Oh, Zoë Friedman-Cohen
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HITCHHIKING & TRAINHOPPING–Part VII
THE CONFESSIONS OF FOFI LITTLEPANTS PART VII by Fofi Littlepants VII. PEOPLE Hesse wrote that each person is more than just himself or herself; he or she also represents “the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point … Continue reading
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: ALLEN GINSBERG
A SUPERMARKET IN CALIFORNIA by Allen Ginsberg What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-conscious looking at the full moon. In my hungry fatigue, and shopping … Continue reading
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