JEWISH ROOTS, AMERICAN SOIL ~

 

In his new book about Bob Dylan, pictured here in 1974 (with The Band), Harry Freedman implies that elements of the singer’s Jewishness remained central to his art and identity. 

(Jeff Robbins / Associated Press)

R E A D   M E

NEIL YOUNG, OCEANSIDE/COUNTRYSIDE ~

 

     Silver Fiddle Music

     2025

REAL TALK ~ (John Mearsheimer) ~

 

    John Mearsheimer

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ARACELIS GIRMAY ~

 

December

Or that I would run my hand along

the dip in the hill's grey back

up to its withers, feeling

the closeness of its heat,

its inwardness risen and rises and blown away

To be among their small group,

their mouths to the earth, their silences

Uncle is, swishing away the flies

Mother is, pouring black coffee through their hair

Each of us, briefly, a tense

cast into the other's time

Not to fill my ears with the sound of my own motion

but with ear

To hear the low voices of the shadows

To exist without the memory of words

To be traversed by elk, faces, wheels

To learn to stand outside the rooms of light

____________________________

Aracelis Girmay

Green of all Heads

BOA Editions, 2025

JOHN FAHEY'S OLD GIRLFRIENDS ~

 

     Varrick, 1992

TORTOISE ~

 

        International Anthem 2025

BRIAN ENO TONIGHT ~

 

     Virgin 1974

THE GODFATHER OF TINY HOMES ~ LLOYD KAHN ~

 

OLATUNJI ~

 

     Columbia, 1960

LUNA ~ SOS DELUXE~

 

   RCA 2024