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THE OBJECTIVISTS
The objectivists were an avant-garde movement that started in the Great Depression in New York when the stock market collapsed and jobs...
LIBERTY versus FREEDOM
For me, as for William Faulkner, liberty comprises and transcends the notion of freedom. Freedom depends on our quotidian choices whereas...
Translating Poetry
I think that the most important aspect of this task is twofold: to translate the poem from a literary perspective and to respect the...
REVIEWS
I recently reviewed an important poet's work. His name is Ben Mazer. He is an American poet, discoverer and editor of old texts in their...
GENEVA WRITERS CONFERENCE
I was delighted to meet up with George Szirtes whom I met at East Anglia University and with David Rivard whom I had met in Vermont...
GRAMERCY by Sharon Olds
The last time we slept together - and then I can't remember when it was, I used to be a clock of sleeping together, and now it drifts, in...
Gun Violence
I wrote a short story called "The Gun" which will be published next month in the USA. In the story, I analyse violence as the result of...
Writing Memoir
The importance of memoir writing rests in its significant life-lessons in general rather than its emphasis on a particular life story...
Oneguine by Pouchkine
A beautiful performance of the heroine Tatiana's adolescent love for Oneguine which remains unrequited was sung to airs composed by...
Silence
According to neurosciences, silence is excellent for the mind because it helps the brain classify and order information more efficiently....