Below unfurls a script for an agitprop spectacle that emerges from and speaks to the current political crisis in the USA. Le brouillon d’une adaptation en français — « Le seul spectacle toujours programmé » — suit l’anglais. When… Read More ›
American culture
Sonnet for 9/27
One looks for a partner but can only be found by love. Since empirical research employs many more people than more intellectual pursuits, can it be wrong? We are on pace to die of canned laughter. The dog that I… Read More ›
Sex & Dogs
At least five stories A few of my Baby Boom generation may recall that one of the less expected and perhaps more titillating aspects of Nancy Friday’s 1972 Secret Garden collection of women’s sexual fantasies was all the… Read More ›
Carol, Rooney! Smoking? Gun
“Entertainment” is an unsatisfactory word for all that Carol makes possible A friend (not!), Ken, writes — I have a ridiculous friend. I don’t know why I go to the movies with him. Carol—the closing credits haven’t even started… Read More ›
The American Flag is at Half-Mast Today
{Satire} The American flag is at half-mast today because the person whose job it is to pull the thing all the way up, and who indeed sometimes does—unfortunately he got a call on his phone right when he was… Read More ›
A brief history of the US
A creature of habit When he was in his mid-sixties he developed an unusual habit. Many mornings—if he got down the stairs before his wife—he would go out to his car, take off his pants, and, naked from the waist… Read More ›
“It was fun!” (Je me suis bien amusée !)
I drafted this essay in French and then translated it into English, exploring a few nuances in the process. The results appear below in a bilingual format. Pdfs uniquement en français or just in English are available for the clicking. The images,… Read More ›
