by Brian Bergen-Aurand Today, 26 June 2016, is a day of action for Support. Don’t Punish, “a global advocacy campaign calling for drug policies based on health and human rights.” For twenty-four hours around the world, groups are gathering to resist the war on drugs, protest the abuse of drug users, and suggest health care … Continue reading
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Inciting Poetry: A Lesson in Tearing Things Together
by Dave Arenas Component Poetics1 Explaining also example2 remove context whittle down to command3 * surrender model maximal giving in minimal narrative shorn of links4 * not what does this mean but how will you tear at it use turn against its originator5 * to start poem critique contort neither me nor counterfeit * speaks … Continue reading
Ethiopian Faces
Over the past year, I have been considering the Ethiopian photographs of Hans Silvester, especially his collections A Window on Africa: Ethiopian Portraits (2011) and Natural Fasion: Tribal Decoration from Africa (2008). Silvester started visiting the Omo Valley region of Ethiopia in 2003. Since then, he has returned at least two dozen times and has produced … Continue reading
Foreign Influence 