by Pier Marton | Sep 6, 2011 | Art, Books, Care, Dance, Death, Health, History, Mystery, Time
His first book, “The Story of Forgetting,” was translated into 12 languages. His second novel, “Storm at the Door,” is taking off too: One of the bravest and the most beautiful books I have ever read. Karen Russell in the NY Times....
by Pier Marton | Sep 4, 2011 | Art, Death, Film, Health, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Mystery, Poet, Review, STL, Theater
A short review: Restoration “Cracks let the light in” says Leonard Cohen; director Yossi/Joseph Madmony gambled on Sasson Gabay, the venerable Israeli actor, to trust the eloquence of his face to carry that light, and he won! A great many subtleties anchor...
by Pier Marton | Aug 30, 2011 | Afri, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, Future Tech, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Music, Poet, Racism, Review, STL
Short review: Power Writing to create that safe place to be in/out of the hood. A student shouts “Poetry is rehab!” – a teacher inspires students to “pass the test of life… at a very special level, far beyond their subsistence” and...
by Pier Marton | Aug 25, 2011 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Ego, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Juif, Media, Middle-East, Now, Objects, Politics, Quotes, Roma, Shoah, Spectacle, Theater, Wars, Women
For more about escaping language/words: the Dictionary of Imploded Meanings. If you think the system is working, ask someone who isn’t or who was stopped “dead in his tracks.” An excerpt from Beyond Belief (Against the Weapons of Mass Distraction):...
by Pier Marton | Aug 21, 2011 | Death, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Spectacle, Theater, Wars
http://youtu.be/UzmD9GEpdTw http://youtu.be/SurCWa8B8YU And some previous highlights on powerful figures. EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Aug 20, 2011 | Books, Care, Death, Eco, Food, France, Health, Ideas, Idées
His last text/book: “We Can Tell Each Other Goodbye Several Times.” The first question raised by my state of health: “does my relapse damages the credibility of the anticancer method?“, I answer categorically not. Firstly because I am not a scientific...