Autumn by Ida Vitale translated by Sarah Pollack
“Autumn, dogwith affectionate, impertinent paws, rustles the leaves of the books.He demands that you pay attentionto those fetching ones that are his, that futilely turn from greento gold to red to purple.As if in distraction, the precise word escapes you forever.”
Autumn by Ida Vitale translated by Sarah Pollack
“Autumn, dog
with affectionate, impertinent paws, rustles the leaves of the books.
He demands that you pay attentionto those fetching ones that are his, that futilely turn from greento gold to red to purple.
As if in distraction, the precise word escapes you forever.”
“Time Without Keys” — yes, the Title made me think of Nostr — 🤔 Excited to read them.
Bought these poems today along with some other books right before K. Patrick’s wonderful book discussion at City of Asylum #Pittsburgh— and then I came home & took this picture because the leaves on my lawn were a perfect match. #October #Poetry Beautiful Sunday. 🍁📖 
The conversation was lovely— excited to read the book. I purchased it— and also met K. Patrick & discovered we both love Fanny Howe poetry. I looked for the Brazilian authors— no luck— but it was busy so I did not ask for help— may have missed them. Will order online soon.
Good of they include Book TV — it’s actually a thing.
Free livestream tickets available: https://cityofasylum.org/program/litfest-desire-dissonance/
Yes— and I will look for the authors today at a book store— heading there to hear K Patrick talk about their book.
“There are Reddit threads dedicated to post-show comedowns. And the tour has surpassed the previous record for highest-grossing by a solo female artist, which was previously held by Madonna in 2009. By its close, Beyoncé will have generated an estimated $4.5 billion for the American economy, about as much as the 2008 Olympics did for Beijing.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/magazine/beyonce-renaissance-tour.html?unlocked_article_code=tNxQPiaDYKixrdFlGhBp84lz-2be_zP5DP7zU1cxhJIt1wcLLbfezNUaSaL3UBUycek2VAeMVI7ZyZb3adzdyIcbzrgCV3ROQHfXL9O_m51oxTnxuL6D9jRb1mNgVaRIwbGg_cs46vNAoSODVkbArjibd21gTUmf1Z64qsZQ8H2ME0NE7MdldED96Oq-FgJDzt2fsjy4KS7p7kzYGVV-6AqTZYx5APsZMlMLOT7GowLolAe8TKdFl4CZyX1WSoxwIhQFBXY1TY-TGvObkcwCkCcgWy7UNC4GklWbl5_QYWEL5J4wIUr_6x17yh48xIWjR3Fic1a2PNzX8bxbevUvtTx8Hw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Celebrating this news! https://youtu.be/PGc9n6BiWXA?si=4vEzfn16xe3w2cbl
“There are Reddit threads dedicated to post-show comedowns. And the tour has surpassed the previous record for highest-grossing by a solo female artist, which was previously held by Madonna in 2009. By its close, Beyoncé will have generated an estimated $4.5 billion for the American economy, about as much as the 2008 Olympics did for Beijing.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/magazine/beyonce-renaissance-tour.html?unlocked_article_code=tNxQPiaDYKixrdFlGhBp84lz-2be_zP5DP7zU1cxhJIt1wcLLbfezNUaSaL3UBUycek2VAeMVI7ZyZb3adzdyIcbzrgCV3ROQHfXL9O_m51oxTnxuL6D9jRb1mNgVaRIwbGg_cs46vNAoSODVkbArjibd21gTUmf1Z64qsZQ8H2ME0NE7MdldED96Oq-FgJDzt2fsjy4KS7p7kzYGVV-6AqTZYx5APsZMlMLOT7GowLolAe8TKdFl4CZyX1WSoxwIhQFBXY1TY-TGvObkcwCkCcgWy7UNC4GklWbl5_QYWEL5J4wIUr_6x17yh48xIWjR3Fic1a2PNzX8bxbevUvtTx8Hw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
“To worry or to smile, such is the choice when we are assailed by the strange; our decision depends on how familiar we are with our own ghosts.” ~Julia Kristeva 
Reading some books written by Julia Kristeva— fascinating material & the author is also intriguing.
“As I talked with people about Kristeva’s dossier, I kept thinking about her code name, Sabina. It is not a typical Bulgarian name—according to one expert I spoke to, it is unique in State Security’s nomenclature. Agents would often, though not always, choose their code names. Did officers catch an allusion to the classical myth of the Sabine women, who were invited to attend a festival in Rome, only to be abducted by the Romans and forced to marry them? Kristeva, the mother of intertextuality, has insisted that she never heard that “whimsical pseudonym” before her dossier came to light, and that may be the case. But traces of her intelligence, in every sense of that word, appear all over the files.
One of the last items preserved in Kristeva’s dossier is an extensive interview titled “What Is the Function of Intellectuals?,” which she gave to Le Nouvel Observateur, in 1977. “ ~ Dimiter Kenarov https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/was-the-philosopher-julia-kristeva-a-cold-war-collaborator
“Perhaps Kristeva’s evident status as a collaborator, even one who mostly took advantage of intelligence agents who were not as intelligent as she was, threatens her own cultivated image of intellectual singularity. Those agents, however feebly, tied her to her homeland, made her part of the banal crowd—just one of the thousands of Bulgarians who extended, in some fashion, the reach of Bulgaria’s totalitarian regime.”
Reading some books written by Julia Kristeva— fascinating material & the author is also intriguing.
“As I talked with people about Kristeva’s dossier, I kept thinking about her code name, Sabina. It is not a typical Bulgarian name—according to one expert I spoke to, it is unique in State Security’s nomenclature. Agents would often, though not always, choose their code names. Did officers catch an allusion to the classical myth of the Sabine women, who were invited to attend a festival in Rome, only to be abducted by the Romans and forced to marry them? Kristeva, the mother of intertextuality, has insisted that she never heard that “whimsical pseudonym” before her dossier came to light, and that may be the case. But traces of her intelligence, in every sense of that word, appear all over the files.
One of the last items preserved in Kristeva’s dossier is an extensive interview titled “What Is the Function of Intellectuals?,” which she gave to Le Nouvel Observateur, in 1977. “ ~ Dimiter Kenarov https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/was-the-philosopher-julia-kristeva-a-cold-war-collaborator
Back home with my books & my favorite tree! #October 
Actually— I also found time to celebrate my niece because she is all dressed up & looking gorgeous for her High School Homecoming Dance!
Me & some dead writers— my favorite way to spend an afternoon ☠️📖 