The Cannibal Manifesto (1928) is a celebration of Brazil’s consumptive and regenerative cultural heritage. Associated with Brazilian Modernism and São Paulo’s Week of Modern Art in 1922, the manifesto also foretells the basic aesthetic principles of Tropicália. Its iconic line cannibalizes and regurgitates a Brazil-ified Shakespeare by means of a pun using the word Tupi, a term for indigenous Brazilians: Tupi, or not Tupi, that is the question.

Molossus-Sponsored Literature in LA: Mandy Kahn, Sophie Heawood with Whitey the Bear, and David Shook with Friends
Molossus showcase at the Silver Lake Jubilee’s Serenade Sunset.
Travis Elborough Goes Lomo with Mexican Poets
These photographs were taken by British cult author Travis Elborough, author of The Bus We Loved: London’s Affair with the Routemaster, The Long-Player Goodbye: The Album from Vinyl to iPod and Back Again, and a forthcoming book about the British seaside. Elborough, the Poetry Translation Centre’s Mexican Poets’ Tour Manager, shoots with a 35mm Lomo [...]

Year of Poetry: A Week with Old Friends
I’ve now been reading a book of poetry a day for over 100 days, and an update on the project is long overdue. I’ve been more consistent than I expected, catching up quickly when I lag a day or two behind (like now). The 140-character review quickly led to my addition of its 140-character excerpt [...]

The States, Part 1: Homeland, by Nina Berman
Homeland, Nina Berman (Trolley Books) £24.99 Homeland collects photographer Nina Berman’s last seven years of exploring the way fear has manipulated American culture since the beginning of the Homeland Security Era. Her photographs do exactly what the best social commentary does: they capture the essence of things elegantly and succinctly. She’s done a good job [...]

Reading Poems to Boston Harbor: An Interview with Translator Mark Schafer
Mark Schafer is an accomplished translator and visual artist. His latest translation to be published is a selection of David Huerta’s poems, Before Saying Any of the Great Words (Copper Canyon Press, $20).

Poetry Machine Debut!
Molossus is proud to announce the official debut of the Poetry Machine, a 1964 candy vending machine converted to sell poems. Though its design is not yet complete, the Poetry Machine appeared on the street at 3320 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026 for the 13th annual Silver Lake Art Crawl. The machine sold nine [...]

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Book Syntax: In Conversation with Sally Alatalo

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The Prodigal Son: A Microscript by Robert Walser
April 14, 2010
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The Literature of Justice
March 5, 2010
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Writing without Writing: On Mario Bellatin
August 15, 2009
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Beneath My Olive Tree with Lorca: Poetry by Mahmoud Darwish
December 14, 2009
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Three Poems from Cuba
November 11, 2009
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The Black Olive Tree and Other Memories
May 4, 2012
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Offerings to the God of Attention: Recent Literary Events in Bali and Australia
February 16, 2012
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World Prose Portfolio #7: Dennis Walder
January 1, 2012
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Burning Deck: Introducing an Appreciation
December 29, 2011
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World Prose Portfolio #6: Sunetra Gupta
December 25, 2011
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