Monthly Archive: April 2006

journal ritual

Under the auspices of the day, the moment…the journal, vademecum of the soul, the literary form of consciousness itself, through its rhythmic circumscription, reintroduces ritual to the abandonment of the lyric, plays moralist to...

west 12th sonnet

architecture rain ballet umbrellas cluttered gutters fountains impromptu I bite my lip in the cruelty of the city although escorted failing wet sun strains through gray shade curtains common sidewalk slates blossom trashbags amputee...

impossible text

The Journal as Art: “Impossible Text” by Victor Muñoz

zhiguai

Between the Han dynasty, founded in 206 B.C.E., and the Sui, which ended in 618 C.E., Chinese authors wrote many thousands of short textual items, each of which narrated or described some phenomenon deemed...

as potatoes so poetry

no potatoes today not in the basket not on the plate we discussed pommes de terre after dinner but only in the most abstract sense as poetry so potatoes