For those of you interested in Kenneth Goldsmith’s reading of the autopsy of Michael there’s a recent art exhibit that just popped up on my newsfeed: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jul/14/white-artist-recreation-scene-michael-brown-death-divides-opinion It’s sort of graphic so if you don’t like it, don’t click! But ponder the question- is this appropriate? Too soon? Is it racist? Statement from the […]
Landing of Columbus The BOLD text is from Middle Passages by Kamau Brathwaite. The regular unbolded text is my attempt at performing a close reading. Dr. Sherwood, let me know how I did 🙂 Columbus from his afterdeck watched stars, absorbed in water, melt in liquid amber drifting This poem is obviously about the […]
Censorship is a big issue in this article about Vanessa Place and her racially charged poetry. Apparently some people find it really offensive and traumatic, which is something I do not understand. I do not see this as an issue of being an ignorant white guy who does not know the struggles of race- I […]
Technology has changed many things, including poetry and how it is presented. J.R. Carpenter takes advantage of the internet to present her work. “Many DHTML and javascripts were injured during the making of this web site. I used HomeSite 4.0. Dreamweaver plotted the timelines. All other code credits remain intact inside the source code.” (Carpenter) […]
of Is Cecilia Vicuna a ???? Vicuna says “perhaps The myth for us is language just plain words and and then words as I percieve them they are time” “simply time” but I say…. time is not simple… neither is language Vicuna continues… “and sound written and sound breathing and there’s an […]
So excited for postmodern literature
