THE DRAWINGS OF VICTOR HUGO ~

 

R E A D   M E

     Royal Academy of Arts

    2025

ROMARE BEARDEN ~

R E AD   M E 

     U/North Carolina Press

     2022

RICKY NELSON TONIGHT ~

 

1957

    Master Recorders

    Ricky Nelson

     James Burton

    1961

      Ricky Nelson

SAM SHEPARD ~

 

R E A D   M E

Scribner 2025

MICHAEL ONDAATJE ~

 

The First Rule of Sinhalese Architecture

Never build three doors

in a straight line

A devil might rush

through them

deep into your house

into your life

_____________________

Michael Ondaatje

The Distance of a Shout

Knopf 2026

ETHIOPIQUES TONIGHT ~

 

Various Artists Ethiopiques, Vol. 10: Tezeta - Ethiopian Blues & Ballads 1 Eyètègnu Nèqu - Frew Haylou 0:00 2 Hédètch Alu - Muluqen Mellesse 4:15 3 Tèrèdtchéwalèhu - Alemayehu Eshete / Amha Eshete 9:30 4 Heywèté - Tèsfa Maryam Kidané 15:07 5 Tezeta - Sèyfu Yohannès 20:23 6 Altèlèyèshegnem - Alemayehu Eshete / Amha Eshete 25:46 7 Gubèlyé - Traditional - Mulatu Astatke 30:42 8 Tezeta, Mahmoud Ahmed / Traditional Mahmoud Ahmed 35:25 9 Man Yehon Telleq Sèw - Alemayehu Eshete / Amha Eshete 47:53 10 Tezeta - Traditional - Tèsfa Maryam Kidané 54:38 11 Tezeta - Menelik Wèsnatchèw 1:00:50 12 Tezeta Slow - Kassa, Gétatchèw 1:05:25 13 Tezeta Fast - Kassa, Gétatchèw 1:10:36

THE FOOL ~

 

R E A D   M E

     New Directions, 2019

GISELE PELICOT, A Hymn to Life ~

 

R E A D   M E

   Penguin

    2026

RIDE THE NIGHT ~

 

   1990

BIRHAN KESKIN ~

 

Thick Consistency

i lost the mountains behind me the seas on my horizon

the animals i slept and woke with

it was as if the main river flowing out of me stopped

i lived as if nothing happened.  with a joyous spirit that passed

    through the world

i laughed for the very last time

green grass touched my feet.  a sky full of white clouds

walked over me.  between the two i slept

all this is now a sorrowful sentence in a romani song

____________________

Birhan Keskin

Earthly Conditions

World Poetry 2025