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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Sin’s Fatal Taint: the Felony Murder Rule and its Discontents
Sin’s Fatal Taint: the Felony Murder Rule and its Discontents by Okla Elliott We’ve all heard of outdated laws that remain on the books from earlier times — such as laws about how many pigs are allowed inside a house … Continue reading
Posted in Okla Elliott
Tagged Felony Murder Rule, Hunter S Thompson, Janet Danahey, Justice, Law, Legal History, Legal Theory, Okla Elliott
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: KIM ROBERTS
LONG DIVISION by Kim Roberts I was never good at math but I understood the heavy burden when a number was left over: you had to carry it, the weight bending your frame until your whole body formed a less-than … Continue reading
Agrarian Socialism In Oklahoma: The Early Twentieth Century
Agrarian Socialism In America: Marx, Jefferson, and Jesus in the Oklahoma Countryside, 1904-1920. By Jim Bissett (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.) Most Americans are unaware of the fact that the rural state of Oklahoma supported the strongest socialist movement … Continue reading
Posted in Thomas Baughman
Tagged Agrarian Life, American history, American Leftist Politics, Oklahoma, Socialism
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Music Lessons
Music Lessons By John Unger Zussman Last month, I wrote about a misguided art lesson that undermined my creativity as a child. Here I recall my early music lessons—with a decidedly different result. “Sing!” commanded my piano teacher, Mrs. Maas, … Continue reading
Posted in John Unger Zussman
Tagged Choral music, Classical music, Grammy award, Mary Maas, Music camp, Music lessons, Piano lessons, Piano recital, Singing, Zoltan Kodaly
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The Coming Crisis of Global Food: A Break from The Crisis with W. Berry
By Liam Hysjulien While I had already begun writing a piece on the looming 2011 food crisis, in lieu of my birthday, I decided to shelve it for this month. Instead, I felt the words of Wendell Berry offered more … Continue reading
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: ADAM EAGLIN
HEAT by Adam Eaglin It wasn’t a dream, more like a vision, if vision meant steam rising from a body, meant heat from the living— I became the eye of a round-stomached cobbler. I became a word in a fable. … Continue reading
Erlking
[The following translation was originally published in Per Contra.] Erlking by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (translation by Okla Elliott) Who rides so late through windy night? A father holding his child tight. He has the youngster well in his arm, … Continue reading
Posted in Okla Elliott
Tagged ballad, Faust, German literature, Goethe, Poetry, Romantic poetry, Translation
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Andreas Economakis
“Perfect Makeup” by Andreas Economakis My grandmother Anastasia, or yiayia as I called her, must have studied Zen. She could spend hours seated motionless in her jewelry store in the Nile Hilton, a geriatric Greek sphinx staring blankly ahead. Overwhelmed … Continue reading
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