The Maccabees: Conversos, Conflict and Poetry
Crosspollination and Strength in Jewish Culture 3 de Kislev, ANNO A MUNDO CREATO VDCCLXIII In the 2173 anniversary of the rededication of the Holy House (Bet Hamikdash) In memory of […]
Author Archives: David Ramírez
Faúr sobre los bordes del significado
Por David Ramírez “Hoy lucho a solas con la palabra. La que me pertenece, a la que pertenezco: ¿cara o cruz, águila o sol?” — Octavio Paz, Águila o sol […]
Faur On The Edges of Meaning
By David Ramírez “Today I fight alone with a word. The word which belongs to me, and to which I belong: heads or tails? eagle or sun?” — Octavio Paz, […]
Translucent Line
In my humble amazement, I write these poor words, which pretend to be a poem, to a marvel of creation Divine. Dear reader, forgive me for being a simpleton. Hyaline […]
Nude
They are gone they are not there the voices of yesterday that once guarded my sunrise The letters now kept in a cold ditch remain mute because no […]
Desnudo
Ya se fueron ya no están las voces de antaño que franqueaban mi amanecer Las letras ahora resguardadas en un frío tugurio yacen mudas porque nadie con ellas platica Conversación […]
Lapis Lazuli Cup
Lapis Lazuli cup That accompanies me of you, filled with coffee, inside broken intimate earth that dizzies, outside heaven and sea that surrounds me Coffee evoking […]
Taza lapis lazuli
Taza lapis lazuli Que me acompaña café de ti lleno, dentro cortao tierra íntima que marea afuera el cielo y mar que me rodea Café evocando […]
The Aqademya
By José Faur See Section II, n. 24. It is for the reason given by Vico, that a free people ought to exercise “sovereignty over languages and letters,” that I […]
Faur (almost) in the Nude
By David Ramirez The slightest alteration in the relation between man and the signifier, in this case in the procedure of exegesis, changes the whole course of history by modifying […]
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