A Look at Morris Berman’s ‘Destiny’
Tags/ Posted by Jessica RosenKeys rattle on the way down to join the coffee grounds, guts and trash for the haruspex.continue reading this poem
If you could change your past or jump into the future, what would you do…what would you do? Morris Berman’s ‘Destiny’ is a page turning book exploring the possibilities that will keep you wanting more…”and then, it happened. The two of them were lying in bed together somewhere-her apartment?…
A Question of Values, by Morris Berman
Tags/ Posted by Tony ThomasNoon sun was a white hole in the sky, and I was the lovely killer on the bridge.continue reading this poem
Western life seems to be drifting toward increasing entropy, economic and technical chaos, ecological disaster and ultimately, psychic dismemberment and disintegration.
Kafka’s Last Love: The Mystery of Dora Diamant
Tags/ Posted by Stacy EricsonI know there is a song for all of this, something hard and wild, black as night, and rising.continue reading this poem
A cache of Kafka-related material has recently been in the news, making this an excellent time to take a closer look at the long-standing controversy over the destruction of his final papers. Dora Diamant, Kafka’s last mistress stands at the heart of the matter. Kathi Diamante’s 2003 biography of the woman who tended Kafka during his last year is at its best when…
Bernard Kops – Dancing in the Sunlight
Tags/ Posted by Thomas Ország-Land...there is always enough adoration, even in this jilted scrap heap of a world...continue reading this poem
Kops (b. 1926) is a top British dramatist, his plays performed worldwide for decades. He has written more than 40 plays, nine novels and two autobiographies. He runs a master-class for playwrights. But poetry remains for him, as he put it, the quintessence of everything in literature.
