The Ostensive Moment

A poetry blog

Monday, December 19, 2011

Vaclav Havel (1936 - 2011)

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Labels: estrangement, Vaclav Havel

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Happy Xmas (War is Over)

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Labels: music

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

And now for something completely different: The Communist Quiz sketch

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Labels: comedy, Monty Python

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Revolution

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Labels: music, Nina Simone
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My primary interests concern post-structural approaches to the written word, focusing on experimental applications of tone, syntax, and metonymic reference as contextualized elements of unconscious, non-rational behaviors in human social and literary experience, while also keeping in mind that the verity, relevance, and coherence of the preceding statement might be contestable. I also like long sentences.
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