Tag Archives: epic
Yusef Komunyakaa and Chad Gracia, Gilgamesh
February 22, 2012 I’ve never given a talk at UCLA. Caltech, yes, in nearby Pasadena; also the Huntington Library. But never at the famed Royce Hall, 405 Hilgard Avenue. So I’m a bit anxious about tomorrow: a graduate student … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, Classics, collaboration, Comparative literature, contemporary poetry, Cuneiform, Dance, epic, Handwritten script, Mesopotamia, Near Eastern poetry, Remediation, Theater, Translation, Visual arts, world literature
Tagged Caltech, Chad Gracia, Cunieform, Enkidu, epic, Gilgamesh, Huntington Library, Ode to the Maggot, Our Oriental Heritage, Pasadena, Sumeria, UCLA, Will Durant, Yusef Komunyakaa
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Melville in the Dominican Republic
December 14, 2011 As far I know, he never set foot there. But then a physical journey is not always necessary. Junot Diaz is not shy about naming names — The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is almost … Continue reading
Joanne Kyger and Gary Snyder
November 23, 2011 ‘The name is Joanne Kyger, yes, with a “y.” As in “Tyger! Tyger! burning bright.” She was with the Beats. And she knew some Japanese — she’d learned it when she went to Kyoto with her … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, epic, Japanese poetry, world literature
Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Buddhism, epic, Gary Snyder, Homer, Japan, Joanne Kyger, Kyoto, Michael McClure, Peter Orlovsky, Ray Manzarek
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