Tag: Anne Carson

• Fragmentary, No. 26

  Lecturing in JapanStephen Hawking was askednot to mention that the universe had a beginning(and so likely an end)because it would affect the stockmarket.Speculation aside,we all need a prehistory. According to Freud,we do nothing but repeat it.Beginnings are special because most of them are fake.The new person you becomewith that first sip of wine was already…

  • R L • powell

  November 23, 2018

  Fragments, Reading

  Anne Carson, fresh starts, Freud, history repeating, Japan, poem, poem fragment, poetry, prehistory, Stephen Hawking

• Fragmentary, No. 1

  The phenomenologist from Paris hates mosquitoes and carries a small electronic device that lures the female mosquito to her death by simulating the amorous cry of the male. Then, to block the whining sound, he has pink earplugs. As he sits in conversation with the phenomenologist from Sussex a mosquito is observed to enter. The…

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  January 25, 2014

  Fragments

  Anne Carson, insects, phenomenology, poetry