Tag archive for ‘death’
The Diameter of the Bomb
The Diameter of the Bomb
by Yehuda Amichai. trans. Chana Bloch & Stephen Mitchell
The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimeters
and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters,
with four dead and eleven wounded.
And around these, in a larger circle
of pain and time, two hospitals are scattered
and one graveyard. But the young woman
who was buried [...]
The Death of Culture
An interesting assortment of people died this past month; Influential anthropologist Clifford Geertz, American Filmmaker Robert Altman, Sophie’s Choice author William Styron, Nobel-Prize winning economist Milton Friedman, and Literary-critic Richard Gilman.
Am I the only one who sees a pattern?
Each from their own perspective, worked for the interpretation and better understanding of society and culture. May [...]