Monthly Archives: December 2010

Tom Hayden vs. John Halle: An Exchange

Posted on December 14, 2010 by fmsbw

TOM HAYDEN vs. JOHN HALLE: AN EXCHANGE An Open Letter to the Left Establishment is currently being circulated here. Tom Hayden’s response to that Open Letter is published below and is followed by John Halle’s rejoinder. ______________________________________________ First, Tom Hayden … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to the Left Establishment

Posted on December 14, 2010 by fmsbw

Flickr photography by Snapies. AN OPEN LETTER TO THE LEFT ESTABLISHMENT An Open Letter to the Left Establishment This letter is a call for active support of protest to Michael Moore, Norman Solomon, Katrina van den Heuvel, Michael Eric Dyson, … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: RUTH DEBORAH REY

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

CHANGE OF ADDRESS by Ruth Deborah Rey If it is true that only five hundred thousand people died in the camps and that the others, the other Jews, that is, moved away to Israel, the States, or to the East, … Continue reading →

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Two Poems by Letitia Trent

Posted on December 8, 2010 by letitiatrent

Landscape Featuring Oklahoma Our story is broken only when the tent preachers land, giving grandma a use for that fancy fan, making all the bad women vomit up money. Otherwise, I spend most days pulling ribbon from the kitten’s belly. … Continue reading →

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An Uneasy Revelry: a review of Before Saying Any of the Great Words

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Okla Elliott

An Uneasy Revelry by Okla Elliott “Unease in the ochre-filled skies, unease in the silky /labyrinth of the gut, unease / in the artist’s double, triple nibs” —David Huerta, “Song of Unease” Since many American readers may not be familiar … Continue reading →

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Andreas Economakis

Posted on December 5, 2010 by andreaseconomakis

Fish by Andreas Economakis When he was thirteen years old he used to wander down to the little creek that slipped through the woods in front his mom’s house to fly fish. He never caught anything but he liked the … Continue reading →

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I Was a Male Chat-bot: The Turing Test, Artificial Intelligence, and Gender Online

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Chase Dimock

Three summers ago, I made ten dollars an hour plus commission portraying “Jessica”, an online shopping assistant program designed by InQ serving the WhiteFence.com website. On WhiteFence.com, a customer can purchase phone, cable, internet service, and other products specific to … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MAYA ELASHI

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

IN A BIBLICAL GARDEN by Maya Elashi i saw the messiah this morning. He was wearing a white kaffiya and riding a donkey southeast, towards Jerusalem. He didn’t look at me though he knew i was there with two cameras: … Continue reading →

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Frozen on a Street Corner While the Unbludgeoned World Moves Forward

Posted on December 3, 2010 by raulclement

Michel Franco’s Daniel y Ana In the last decade or so, Mexican film has been among the most consistently interesting in the world. It has a certain moral and social grittiness not seen in most American movies, but a tightly-edited … Continue reading →

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FRIDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: ALAN SEMERDJIAN

Posted on December 3, 2010 by lezliemayers

DREAM by ALAN SEMERDJIAN I dreamed I kissed the beak of a bird this morning that flew in through my open car window somewhere stopped at a traffic light. It was the beginning of a love poem, I thought, one … Continue reading →

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