The Corpse Speaks 死屍說

Antemortem musings of a postmortem dude.

Monday, April 27, 2026

Written after reading Melville's "To Winnefred"

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In this century-weighted house beneath the black silhouettes of live oaks, the twilight western sky is flat, bloodless blue, houselamps and ...
Thursday, February 05, 2026

So much for that

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Well, any hope I had for 2026 being less terrible than its predecessor has had its brains dashed out against the rocks of reality. ICE/CBP g...
Friday, January 02, 2026

A.D. MMXXVI: Choose Your Own Adventure

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Well, dear reader, we've made it through the nightmare gauntlet of 2025. Congratulations! Now comes the fun part, whatever that might be...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Lila Ripoll - "Cantiga"

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Being part of, and working for, the labor movement in this particular historical moment is, as Iron Reagan would say,  grim business . Union...
Monday, May 12, 2025

Reflecting Back on the Deeds We've Done, and Setting Out Again: Throne of Iron's "Adventure Two"

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It's been nearly five years since I wrote my review of Throne of Iron's killer debut album Adventure One . Back then, we were forced...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Lila Ripoll - "Naufrágio" / "Shipwreck"

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Olá, caro/as leitore/as. Ofereço-lhes a minha primeira tradução para inglês da obra da poeta, brasileira, porto-alegrense, e comunista Lila ...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Tools for surviving whatever this is

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Things are so fucked right now that I don't have it in me to get into any of it, y'all. Instead, I'll just make a few brief rema...
Sunday, December 22, 2024

MMXXIV: The Mockery of the Gods Knows No Bounds

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All 1d6 of you who read this blog already know what a dire year 2024 has been, so I don't need to spend much time harping on it. America...
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Maria Elsa da Rocha - "Goa, esse teu sari" / "Goa, that sari of yours"

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好久不見, caros leitores. It's been a hell of a summer, mostly in a bad way, but I'll get into that another time, maybe. For now, I give...
Monday, June 10, 2024

Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas MMXXIV - II

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A fine translation by Richard Zenith of this poem can be read here . ----- "Camões dirige-se aos seus contemporâneos" Jorge de Sen...

Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas MMXXIV - I

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Olá, caros leitores. Today is o Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas, or Portugal Day. 2024 is the 500th anniversary of ...
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