Category Archives: Anthology

My collected writings and those of family members.

Travesía (14)

Posted on June 30, 2021 by JMN

Versión castellana del poema “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (1856) de Walt WhitmanEnglish text at http://www.poetryfoundation.orgSpanish Interpretation by JMN [Translator’s note: This is the second segment of the ninth and last part of “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” Two segments remain.](9)Sound out, voices of … Continue reading →

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Corrigendum and Addendum

Posted on June 22, 2021 by JMN

Referencing https://ethicaldative.com/2021/06/20/the-quixote-funny-and-sad, in translating Martín de Riquer’s phrase “… Una diatriba para acabar con algo que hace mucho que se acabó…” I left out “hace mucho.” I should have written: “… A diatribe devoted to ending something which ended long … Continue reading →

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The Quixote: Funny and Sad

Posted on June 20, 2021 by JMN

Lo extraordinario del “Quijote” es que es una parodia que interesa al que desconoce lo parodiado, un libro con una circunstancia muy concreta que llega a los más alejados en el tiempo y el espacio, una diatriba para acabar con … Continue reading →

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Travesía (13)

Posted on June 18, 2021 by JMN

Versión castellana del poema “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (1856) de Walt WhitmanEnglish text at http://www.poetryfoundation.orgSpanish Interpretation by JMN [Translator’s note: This is the 9th and last part of “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” I will put it up in 4 sections.] (9) Section … Continue reading →

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Deluged So Few nor Dampened So Many

Posted on June 15, 2021 by JMN

(Continued from https://ethicaldative.com/2021/06/14/news-of-the-incident-got-around-in-gob-circles/) Rigging walloped the Wisp isthmus with a vengeance. Rigs to melt permafrost for pus collection. Rigs to truck scoop to reservoirs. Rigs to tanker and pipe it to spillways and railheads. Rigs to salvage grounded and derailed … Continue reading →

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News of the Incident Got Around in GOB Circles

Posted on June 14, 2021 by JMN

(Continued from https://ethicaldative.com/2021/06/13/smegma-boom-of-the-2020s-in-the-wisp-isthmus/) Scientists converged on Exit 186 to examine the fluid that had preserved Fred’s effaced face. It turned out to be a highly extrapolated sublimate of West Texas light sweet crude. A massive tectonic blister of the stuff … Continue reading →

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Smegma Boom of the 2020s in the Wisp Isthmus

Posted on June 13, 2021 by JMN

(Continued from https://ethicaldative.com/2021/06/12/your-kingdom-has-dang-near-come/) Astrid was the fatherless child of a tool-pusher named Kirk Frick. Her core story is that she franchised her way out of puberty to merge with a founding partner of Huff Pugh Fuchs. We’ll develop Astrid Frick … Continue reading →

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Your Kingdom Has Dang Near Come

Posted on June 12, 2021 by JMN

(Continued from https://ethicaldative.com/2021/06/11/lets-imagine-you-successful/) You believe the nuttiness sickening the land could be flared off by a good fracking. For a guy who will sue the “bejeepers” out of someone if provoked, you’re oddly comfortable with the word “butthole.” You lead … Continue reading →

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Let’s Imagine You Successful

Posted on June 11, 2021 by JMN

(Continued from https://ethicaldative.com/2021/06/10/branded-figments/) Call you Todd. Or Rand, or Blake, or Trent, or Rock, or Chip. You don’t want just to make money; you want to invent money. You swing in and out of cocktail colloquies like a metropolitan Tarzan. … Continue reading →

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Branded Figments!

Posted on June 10, 2021 by JMN

Branded Figments is where the Nickster hangs his tout’s cap. His slogan is: Business can be laughable, and still be business. Are you unbranded or offbranded? Outgrown your brand? Hankering for bespoke? Talk to Nick Mansfield. Nick can leverage you … Continue reading →

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