Mon 8 Dec 2008
at the exact center of stupor
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I’ve been away for a few days and here’s a taste of what’s been rolling around recently:
- Bon Iver has a new EP coming out on January 29, 2009 called Blood Bank. I think it would be a fantastic belated stocking stuffer!
- Roger Olsen’s latest book, How to be Evangelical without being Conservative has been reviewed at The Other Journal. It looks like a promising contribution to conversations going on in various circles.
Backstage Sessions: Bon Iver – Flume from Hard to Find a Friend on Vimeo.
- Last week, I had the opportunity to go to a poetry reading at l’orecchio di Van Gogh and listen to Carmine Mangone read his poetry. I was struck by how he spoke and how his poetry managed to involve his entire body in reciting it. I liked his opening poem the most as it really spoke to me. It’s not in his most recent book of poems but will appear in his upcoming one. Here’s a preview:
LA COMUNITA’ INGOVERNABILE
by Carmine Mangone
by Carmine Mangone
bisogna farsi dell’amore
un’idea offensiva
con sorrisi di pioggia battente
sulle teste da tagliare
[ perché ogni amore è un criterio di verità
ogni stretta carnale è una
porta che si spalanca sulla comunità ingovernabile
e a volte
bisogna essere davvero intolleranti
non per difendere la propria verità
ma per far sì che gli altri se ne inventino una ]