the end of the year | Mai Thảo

A poem in Vietnamese by Mai ThảoTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm Searching for an adjective for the last wordMaybe I had left it behind with the pile of books they had burned with the students buried aliveTapping the burning cigarette and the tip refused to fall off Have I truly reached the butt and there’s […]

NEWS ROUNDUP: OCTOBER SEVENTEENTH

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog does another Friday current events roundup. DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER, APPARENTLY FORGETTING THAT THE DEMOCRATS LOST THE CIVIL WAR, KEEPS PRETENDING HE CAN OVERRULE THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL LAW. Last time the Democrats warred to protect their “peculiar institution” of slavery, now the Party wants to war over enforcing immigration […]

Como Un Paraguas Con Agujeros…

Decir que alguien es “como un paraguas con agujeros, inútil en la tormenta” es señalar la ineficacia y la ausencia de apoyo cuando más se necesita. Que su presencia no ampara, expone. No protege, abandona. Es la figura fría, insensible e indiferente que convierte lo sencillo en un gran problema y el problema […] Como […]

NEWS ROUNDUP: OCTOBER SEVENTEENTH

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog does another Friday current events roundup. DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER, APPARENTLY FORGETTING THAT THE DEMOCRATS LOST THE CIVIL WAR, KEEPS PRETENDING HE CAN OVERRULE THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL LAW. Last time the Democrats warred to protect their “peculiar institution” of slavery, now the Party wants to war over enforcing immigration […]