San Francisco! City Lights
Tuesday May 13 - discussing my new book with Steve Wasserman- bonding on our love of 1960s and 70s literature/politics - book features vintage articles on Dennis Hopper, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Black Panthers, Yippies, Jane Fonda, and more!
Finally watched Alien: Romulus, and have all the thoughts, more later. But here's something I wrote about all our potential space travel and dystopia, in "A Manifesto," in @EvergreenReview
https://t.co/WCF09Kty5p
Excited to see this article out, finally. Written with so much clarity and rhetorical vigour. Phenomenal. Unforgettable.
@huma_africa@UCT_news@mfundozwane@gib
“The blue monkeys in Minoan frescoes never demand contemplation or veneration. They turn their backs when they see you emerge from the palace, painted in red from top to toe, and swing off among clouds . . . .”
—Up now: “Blue Monkeys” by David Kinloch.
https://t.co/GNUnZaef4T
If you're curious about my work, this, in @EvergreenReview, is the best introduction: "A Manifesto."
"What does an election yield if the left has already surrendered its core, when it’s too terrified to speak of its ideology?"
https://t.co/WCF09Kt0fR
“There was a picture. A woman. A stranger. We stared at each other. She was an Amazigh woman from Morocco’s Middle Atlas. . .”
—New at Evergreen: “On the foreignness of familiarity” by Amina Alaoui Soulimani. Art by Cindy Rehm.
https://t.co/ofJPkT76EZ
Wherever your thoughts are this week, one concrete action to take, vital now as ever, is to support the arts.
From its founding, Evergreen has always been committed to a progressive outlook in politics and the arts—and we need your help!
Donate here: https://t.co/EIpaXCthjN
“Bury me silently, for I’m the wild, thorn flower
Of the shrubbery savannah.
Throw me in the wetlands with fungus and moss,
Preserved in clay like a toddler”
—Up now: “Rose’s note” and four more poems by Vonani Bila. Art by @Lebohang_Kganye.
https://t.co/8E2ONq1C0F
“In the first two hours moving among the shrieking pipes from where I mixed the mortar, I hit my head on various beams, tanks, or screaming pipes more times than I had ever hit my head in my life...”
—“Heaven Knows” by @edpavlic. Art by Thomas Hart Benton. https://t.co/4TjsX8de6L
“Come and enjoy my meal;
Share in the roast meat of my kill.
Share in the wine of my grapes;
But first, plant the seed with me,
Join me too in the weeding . . . .”
Up now: “Share in my suffering” & three more poems by Nelson Ratau. Art by Ashley Walters. https://t.co/vfKz2aWYMj
“Straining on the toilet one leg in the air
Struggling to pass another globe of blood
Asshole in full grin like the jagged mouth of a
Child eating strawberries . . .”
—“Sonnet About Rectal Gonorrhea” & more poems by Adam Spiegelman. Art by Henrique Neves. https://t.co/yWHnYMeL7u
Join the Evergreen Review & @orbooks on Wed, 10/30 at the Francis Kite Club for an evening of readings (Michael Coffey, @ColombiaTalk, Mark Jacobs) and live music (Adjua Ajamu)!
Wed 10/30, 5:30 p.m.
The Francis Kite Club
40 Avenue C
(in the East Village)
https://t.co/qhNSSN0Bep
Join the Evergreen Review & @orbooks on Wed, 10/30 at the Francis Kite Club for an evening of readings (Michael Coffey, @ColombiaTalk, Mark Jacobs) and live music (Adjua Ajamu)!
Wed 10/30, 5:30 p.m.
The Francis Kite Club
40 Avenue C
(in the East Village)
https://t.co/qhNSSN0Bep