Autor: Merriam A. Grain
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I find it familiar
The presumption that sheep are unintelligent can be found as far back as Aristotle, who asserted in about 350 bce that the sheep is said to be naturally dull and stupid. Of all quadrupeds it is the most foolish: it will saunter away to lonely places with no object in view; oftentimes in stormy weather…
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Disparatado pero creíble
Es que los basiliscos sólo nacen de los huevos que ponen los dos gallitos de oro. Son unas aves muy bobas, sin ninguna conversación: lo único que hacen es pasarse la vida diciendo kikirikí de una manera muy fatua. En fin, que cada cien años ponían un huevo. —Pero yo creía que las únicas que…
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Tales about hatred
There were many men working at Hazard’s who remained anti-Negro, and violently so. Freed blacks would threaten such men by competing for their jobs. George wished that kind of hatred didn’t exist at the ironworks, but he also knew no government could legislate it out of existence because it was rooted in fear; illogical. North…
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Bump scam?
Urging, urging, hurrying.A bully cracking resolution.Exhilaration behind façade,the pages fell,And the insurance gone to hell.True, I bumped you.What were you doing right behind in a street going up?Trying to gain a mere metre of vantage?Or searching for a fool to scam?Damned you and your eyes.And I curse you ahead,To be shot in your spine.At least…
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Exophony 3
In Exophony 1 and 2, I blabbed about what exophony is and reviewed a short list of writers who found themselves in a different language. Which means I’m not all lost writing in this terrible language. Today I’ll only quote a bit of Chantal Wright’s essay «Exophony and literary translation. What it means for the…