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Cadence

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Francois Lachance

Robert Creeley in conversation with Ekbert Faas (Towards a New American Poetics: Essays & Interviews) reminisces about Beckett — his voice and his way of speaking, selecting words while moving along with pauses etc. He spoke in this very, not … Continue reading →

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Precision Proofing

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Francois Lachance

Billy Bragg “Rotting on Remand” on Workers Playtime 1988 I said there is no justice As they led me out of the door And the judge said, “This isn’t a court of justice son This a court of law.” Interesting … Continue reading →

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Feline Escapades

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Francois Lachance

The Peripheral. William Gibson. Voice being piped from within. A bone voice. It made dragging your fingernails across a chalkboard seem like stroking a kitten. A kitten with claws of course. And this test run of a cognitive bundle implant … Continue reading →

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Auden on Audacity

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Francois Lachance

From one experience, an astute set of observations on college life. AJA: I didn’t know that you had taught a Bennington WHA: Yes, for one term, while someone else was away on a Guggenheim fellowship. Bennington is positively a brothel, … Continue reading →

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To V.W.

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Francois Lachance

It comes to me in the form of a pamphlet put out by The National Trust in 1972 with a lovely frontispiece photograph of the author by Cecil Beaton. In it she holds a garden implement and a cigarette holder … Continue reading →

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bad boys cont’d

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Francois Lachance

In the nineties while the sex wars were raging, those of us on the pro-sex side tried our hand at writing erotica. a hand reached for the frayed crotch. it was a gnarled hand. rough. it met soft denim faded … Continue reading →

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Cross Words

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Francois Lachance

Wordplay is a documentary about the New York Times crossword puzzle setters and solvers. A little aghast. One of the talking heads claims that English is the greatest language. Interested in comparing greatness by number of speakers? Check out the … Continue reading →

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parseabilities

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Francois Lachance

word image text – be mindful of the order Matthew G. Kirschenbaum wrote (March 11, 2005) under the title “Being Read” a brief blog entry on the reviews to his “The Word as Image in an Age of Digital Reproduction” … Continue reading →

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Kiwi Attitudes

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Francois Lachance

On engagement: “typically at the core of the their motivation is a wish for their ideas to prevail” State Services Commission. The Policy Advice Initiative: Opportunities for Management. (Wellington, New Zealand, 1993; rpt. 1995). page 41. On detachment: “analysts need … Continue reading →

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Realms of the Real

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Francois Lachance

Kant. Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals. Translated by Lewis White Beck. P. 55, n. 17. Teleology considers nature as a realm of ends; morals regards a possible realm of ends as realm of nature. In the former the realm … Continue reading →

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