REMEMBERING HOWARD McCORD ~

Nov. 3, 1932 (El Paso) ~ Nov 3, 2022  

H O W A R D     M c C O R D 

ANGELA DAVIS ~

 

Haymarket Books

2021

JOY HARJO ~

 

R E A D    M E

WESTERN MAN ~

 

DJANJO REINHARDT ON VOGUE ~

 

DIRTY PICTURES ~

 

D I R T Y

XI CHUAN ~

 

Mourning Problems

an ant dies, and no one mourns

a bird dies, and no one mourns if it isn't a crested ibis

a monkey dies, and monkeys mourn

a monkey dies, and people pry open its skull

a shark dies, and another shark keeps swimming

a tiger dies, and some people mourning are mourning themselves

a person dies, and some people mourn and some people don't

a person dies, and some people mourn and some even applaud

a generation dies, and the next generation doesn't really mourn

a country dies, most of the time just leaving apocrypha

a country that doesn't leave apocrypha wasn't a real country

if it wasn't a real country, when it dies no one mourns

no one mourns, and the wind blows in vain

rivers flow in vain, washing over rocks in vain

glistening in vain, making vain ripples

the river dies, and it's not for man to mourn

the wind dies, and it's not for man to mourn

the river and wind make their way to the sea together, the sea as vast                 

          as Zhuangzi's sea

the vast sea dies, and you will have to die

the dragon king dies, and you will have to die

the moon doesn't mourn, there's no one on the moon

the stars don't mourn, the stars aren't flesh and blood

                                                                                                               November 11, 2014

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Bloom and Other Poems

translated from the Chinese by Lucas Klein

New Directions, 2022

                 

INVISIBLE YET ENDURING LILACS ~

 

G E R A L D      M U R N A N E

INVENTOR OF THE FUTURE ( BUCKY ) ~

 

B U C K Y

ARCHIVE: ZEPHYRUS IMAGE ~

 

R E A D     M E

&

M O R E

MOSES WILLIAMS & HIS ONE-STRING INSTRUMENT ~

 

Dust-to-Digital

2012

GEORGE BOOTH ~

 

G E O R G E     B O O T H

1926 ~ 2022

READ ME, I'M IMPORTANT ~

 

R E A D

WORLD RECEIVERS ~

 

R E A D      M E

The above is a review of the exhibit

concentrating on Georgiana Houghton

Hilma Af Klint and Emma Kunz,

whose names also make it onto

the front cover of the book —

yet, strangely, Harry Smith

and John Whitney and

James Whitney are

also showcased in the book

with little headline benefit.

The guys get to see how neglect feels.

(Harry knows)

It remains an excellent catalogue.

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Hirmer, 2018

JEANETTE WINTERSON ~

 

Grove, 2021

THIS WOMAN'S WORK, ESSAYS ON MUSC ~

 

R E A D     M E

TEN YEARS AND A THOUSAND BOOKS IN PRISON (DANIEL GENIS) ~

 

R E A D    M E

Penguin Random House

2022

EARL HOOKER ~

 

JERRY LEE LEWIS ~

 

JERRY  LEE  LEWIS

1935~ 2022

NAN SHEPHERD ~

 

N A N     S H E P H E R D

Canongate, 2019