Month: November 2024

Amidst Cries from the Rubble, and exhibition of Ukrainian art since the most recent Russian invasion, at the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Oct 2, 2024 from underneath deep, fresh snow an outline of the city has emerged: a city we know and love. a city where we plan on living in the future. The Ukrainian flag flutters above the city. From Sky Above Kharkiv by Serhiy Zhadan. P is for Pysanki. Colourful Easter eggs,...

On my way to Santa Fe. Last year it was Denver, Neal Cassidy's town. Now, I fly from Denver to Santa Fe, David Ossman's town. OK, he wasn't there long and it was 40 years ago, but his poems from Santa Fe define the destination. I arrive in its tiny airport after 10 when the town has basically shut down. I get an Expensive taxi to my hotel, Coyote South, which is quite nice. On the way, my taxi passes a gas station called Speedway. Is that the...