Published in 1975, Charles Reznikoff’s book-length poem Holocaust is a collage of witness testimonies from the Nuremberg Military Tribunal and the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.
“By using the language of others he attends to the “object” of genocide without imaginative or philosophical flourish, and by reciting it again in his own rhythm he becomes [...]
instant life writing
no special skills required!
interesting life optional!
why bore your friends in real time?
jairjun points to an issue of Granta which has an essay by the famous dutch writer Maarten ‘t Hart (that’s a genuine apostrophe in his name) who claims he was “hired as rat-trainer for Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu in 1979.” they didn’t get on. sadly granta doesn’t believe in putting its texts online, although the same [...]
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
i decided that i should try and create the impression that i am a real writer, although i am actually a half-arsed dabbler which is much better since it stops me, and other people, taking my writing too seriously. but now that i am a mentor on a real writing project, and launching a collection [...]
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
the walks i remember best are the early
early walks i did
when i first embarked upon
my campaign to get a bit more fit
i was surprised by the strength
in my own legs & i thought : i can walk fast!
—
i.j.oog
wagga wagga*
spring 2006
(* wagga wagga : so half-arsed we had to name it twice)
“The nightmare world into which I reluctantly venture each night possesses a certain disorderly order. I have to do with the same people much of the time, known and unknown. Most of the topography has come to be familiar and is as a torn map many of the pieces of which are missing, a torn [...]
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
meanwhile in vienna Natascha Kampusch is about to give her first interview and tell the world How a cruel obsessive crafted his perfect woman in a dungeon
what question/s would you ask her? mine would be : did she keep a diary and does she know if Wolfgang Priklopil had ever read the collector by john [...]
grok
as in : i grok you ; i want to grok my doubt
Grok (IPA /gɹɑk/, rhymes with rock) is a verb that connotes knowledge greater than that which can be sensed by an outside observer. It is an understanding beyond empathy and intimacy. In grokking, one experiences the literal capabilities and frame of reference of [...]