Friends -- This is a rough, inelegant attempt at a bundle of issues that I'm trying to grapple with vis a vis this author. I wish I could say what I want to say better. But here it is. Long before I became a creative writer, in another life I was a comparative literature scholar … Continue reading me and Peter Handke
Tag: Wim Wenders
Unreal Valentine: Revisiting Carnations #1: Pina Bausch and the dance of words
In the 1990's, I was invited at the last moment to see a performance of a dance called "Carnations" to be performed by Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal. I hesitated. I had seen the company's brutal peat-moss strewn interpretation of the RITES OF SPRING in the 80's in Brooklyn, and was still recovering from the experience. … Continue reading Unreal Valentine: Revisiting Carnations #1: Pina Bausch and the dance of words
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 