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Où est le Garlic?

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Alice B. ToklasAromas and Flavors of past and present“Preface”1st paragraph Very few people are indifferent to either the aroma or flavor of garlic. One is affected favorably or unfavorably. It may have been the odor of garlic with which Henry … Continue reading →

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On readiness and redness

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Francois Lachance

An encounter with the thought of Umberto Eco through the figure of the anacoluthon. Continue reading →

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Distinctions

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Catherine Kelsey Critical Practice 1980 O, an eloquent & interesting passage on the lexical shift in the meaning of “disinterested” In a quite different area, however, it may be that the recent and increasingly common blurring of the distinction between … Continue reading →

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The Reach … The Remembered

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Francois Lachance

I am reminded of the title The Highest Apple: Sappho and the Lesbian Poetic Tradition by Judy Grahn by a fragment from Sarah Dowling “This Word: I Want” Entering Sappho apple-pickers forgot, you missed it — the pluckers and not … Continue reading →

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transfigurations and translations

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Francois Lachance

fragments from the frag pool: haiku after bashō gary barwin & derek beaulieu the double spread on pages 38 & 39 transcribed (sans the white space between sections) old pond draws the line frog crosses it fragment of bashogination pondiment … Continue reading →

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E V A P O R A T I O N

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Francois Lachance

VERSschmuggel / reVERSible: An Anthology of English Canadian Poetry / Poésie du Québec / Dichtung aus Deutschland Tristan Malavoy on the poetry of Nancy Hünger at 46:26 … there is this idea that language is never fully acquired; it can … Continue reading →

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On the Scent

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Sylvia LegrisGarden Physic My Dear Love, How to write about flowers without the nauseating sentimental phraseology? No quaint, no dainty, no winsome. This smells good, that smells bad, my hands rank with manure. This at least is pure. –V. From … Continue reading →

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A Short Cento

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Fiona Tinwei LamOdes & Laments you, stacked with your companions,like fossilized vertebrae let each poem be fallen tree’s tongue. A harvest of hearts Soul of the soil p. 14 “Plate” p. 39 “Forest” p. 55 “Dark Mirror” p. 87 “Potato” … Continue reading →

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Corps et Textes

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Visceral Data: Renderings That & MatterDigital Humanities at Michigan State UniversityJacqueline D. Wernimonthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dIpX2tQCUk The last slide in the talk/demo caught my attention for its positioning of “narratives” We are inspired by Diana Taylor’s call to see embodied performance as a … Continue reading →

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Tapping a Path through Percussion

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Jacqueline Wernimont, author of “Numbered Lives: Life and Death in Quantum Media” Distinguished Lecture, “Visceral Data: Renderings that & Matter” at Digital Humanities at Michigan State University. Link to talk/demo After listening to this presentation on data renderings in other … Continue reading →

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