Michigan Quarterly Review back issues from January 2004:
THE PERSONAL LYRIC AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD
Jan 01, 2004; ... THE PERSONAL LYRIC AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD Jab. By Mark Halliday. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2002. Pp. 112. $14.00 pb. Origami Bridges: Poems of Psychoanalysis and Fire. By Diane Ackerman. New York: HarperCollins, 2002. Pp. 147. $22.95. The Evening Sun: A Journal in ...
ALWAYS
Jan 01, 2004; ... In some languages, there are no indications of tense, so that the dog jumping at the gate has jumped there and will always jump (in the twilight, front legs raised in triumph at your return); it's always rush-hour and September and the indefinable time of night when one feels alone in one's body ...
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jan 01, 2004; ... And what if every word you'd ever written were given back to you on your deathbed, printed out, hole-punched, and collated in a three-ring binder, beginning with those early Saturday mornings when you'd practiced your name in crayon on the backs of envelopes, grocery lists, or paper bags-on ...
THE KINGFISHER
Jan 01, 2004; ... I wanted to see a kingfisher with its throat bound up in whiteness and its black crest aimed at clouds. I didn't know what it looked like, not really. In poems and stories it would flicker, a subtle omen. But a kingfisher appeared one ...
BECKETT'S READERS: A COMMENTARY AND SYMPOSIUM
Jan 01, 2004; ... Perhaps the most remarkable passage of recurring fascination to readers of Samuel Beckett's novel The Unnamable is the one in which the hero fully acknowledges the maniacal repetitiveness of his struggle. The courage to go on seeking his core self can only prolong agony-because speaking, ...
GLIMPSE OF A TRAVELER
Jan 01, 2004; ... A stranger with a Sunday to kill Before flying out of Shannon, He stands at the bar in the Old Ground Hotel In jeans and a Savile Row jacket Drinking a black-and-tan, Writing in a notebook he takes from his pocket. He looks well against the ...
ALTERNATING CURRENT
Jan 01, 2004; ... No bad dreams. Night, the bed, the faint clockface. No bad dreams. Her arm or leg or hair. No bad dreams. A wheelchair unit screaming off the block. No bad dreams. Pouches of blood: red cells, plasma. Not here. No, none. Not yet. Take one, take ...
THE COSMIC COMIC: Douglas Adams (1952-2001)
Jan 01, 2004; ... Alone one night on a mountainside in Austria near Innsbruck, he happened to think of something. In his rucksack was a hitchhiker's guide to Europe, and staring up drunkenly at the night sky Douglas Adams wondered idly if anyone could write a guide to the cosmos too. That was how his first book, ...
DEAR S.
Jan 01, 2004; ... I'm reading Larkin at two a.m., and thinking now that "Love Songs in Age" (did we look at that one that night at Charlie's?) is superior even to "Talking in Bed" even to "Home is so Sad" though nothing beats the terseness and truthfulness of that title. I couldn't sleep, in case you were ...
THE LAST CAT
Jan 01, 2004; ... Broken from their stalks by the hot summer wind, aspen leaves fell. Grey. Green. Grey. Green. Making a rumba line against the background of platinum cloud cover. When they hit the earth the wind turned and lifted them up again. This up-down action was the last thing the cat saw before it too ...
CROWS
Jan 01, 2004; ... For them their songs are Mozart and so they call and call all morning for our delight. And they wear black as if making fun of mourners. They're smart, too, using sticks to finagle grubs out of stumps, ...
LEAD US INTO
Jan 01, 2004; ... Van Daalhoff? Pleased to meet you. So, Areosa gave you my telephone number? Is he well? It's been years since I've seen him. The postcard says that you want material for a story and he thinks I can help you. Well, it goes without saying: I would be happy to if I can. Areosa's friends are my ...
THE PAINTER'S HOUSE
Jan 01, 2004; ... Nineteen-thirties midwestern -the painter long gone to the sea plutonic sycamore by the shed a mailbox open-mouthed in garden loam a chip of veiny china turned up where he might have stood eyeing the dim lip of grass beyond, the ...
THE STRANGE AFTERLIFE OF BRUNO SCHULZ
Jan 01, 2004; ... Out of the Cul-de-Sac Bruno Schulz was one of two great Polish fiction writers of the two decades between the wars, and so luckless was he, so lucky are we by comparison, that we may read his complete works in one long, trash-blown, weedy, windy, starry, swirling, Lower Carpathian day ....
AROUSING HELL: FOUR BOOKS OF SHORT FICTION
Jan 01, 2004; ... AROUSING HELL: FOUR BOOKS OF SHORT FICTION Cities in the Sea. By Maura Stanton. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003. Pp.148. $24. Detroit Tales. By Jim Ray Daniels. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2003. Pp. 184. $22.95. Bending Heaven. By Jessica ...
MY WIFE INSISTS THAT, ON OUR FIRST DATE, I TOLD HER I HAD SEVEN KINDS OF HAIR
Jan 01, 2004; ... What was I thinking-straight, wavy, frizzed, nose, pubic . . . ? I know that seven is special. Seven thieves. Seven wonders, sleepers, worthies, gables, cities, seventh sons of seventh sons with more mojo than seven men. We ate at Mogo's, I remember, where we ...
"MIRACLES OF CREATION": ANIMALS IN J. M. COETZEE'S WORK
Jan 01, 2004; ... That J. M. Coetzee, one of the most consequential writers of our time, has taken up the issue of human exploitation and abuse of animals is a matter of considerable moment. A recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003, the Booker Prize twice (the only writer to be so honored) and of ...
THE TANAGERS
Jan 01, 2004; ... 1. The year's first made me gasp, a pure yellow glossed and preened and fed, the yellow of joy. Then the tanager disappeared, flew to the top of a towering pine. Even in the blaze of its glory it was invisible to me, though ...
ADDICTED TO THE RAIN
Jan 01, 2004; ... I don't know how it happend. I left the village in a hurry And I must have startled the clouds. In the rainy and girlish weather My heart caught a chill. In the stick-shaking landlordly weather I left the village in a hurry. I must have ...
FIVE O'CLOCK, JANUARY 2003
Jan 01, 2004; ... Tonight as cargoes of my young fellow-countrymen and women are being hauled into positions aimed at death, positions they who did not will it suddenly have to assume I am thinking of Ed Azevedo half-awake in recovery if he has his arm ...
Locals donate to the 'Locks of Love' program
Jan 03, 2004;
Kwanzaa guides struggle
Jan 03, 2004;
NO LOGO; Iraq is not America's to sell
Jan 03, 2004; ... Klein, Naomi Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 International law is unequivocal -- Paul Bremer's economic reforms are illegal Bring Halliburton home. Cancel the contracts. Ditch the deals. Rip up the rules. Those are just a few of the suggestions for slogans that could ...
VANTAGE POINT; Black community values
Jan 03, 2004; ... Daniels, Ron Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 About this time every year, I take time to write about the corrupting influence of the Christmas season, the commercialized version of the holiday. I do this because I worry about the "souls of Black folk," that if we are not careful, ...
FUTURE VIEW; Freedom without due process?
Jan 03, 2004 ... Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 No American should be too enthusiastic about the Pentagon's decision to permit Yaser Hamdi, a man the government accuses of terrorism, to speak to an attorney after some two years of incarceration in a military brig here in the United States ....
OUR SCHOOLS; The half that has not been told
Jan 03, 2004; ... Dewberry, Mary Ann Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 Unless you have been living in a cave without any outside communications, you have seen or heard about the capture of Saddam Hussein. The spinmasters have repeatedly shown or told us about the spider hole he was found in and how ...
Kwanzaa's lessons for bettering our communities
Jan 03, 2004 ... Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 Umoja (Unity) We urge churches, schools and social and civic organizations to make a commitment to work together. Set aside personalities and concentrate more on the issues that will help the community as a whole. Kujichagulia ...
What's at stake for gays in same-sex marriage debate
Jan 03, 2004; ... Carpenter, Brent Dorian Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 A new term has entered the lexicon of gays and lesbians following recent pro-gay court decisions in Massachusetts, Canada, and the U.S. Supreme Court: heterosexual privilege. It is based on societal assumptions ...
African clothing store relocates during Kwanzaa
Jan 03, 2004; ... Cuningham, Jonathan Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 As we enter Kwanzaa celebrations, many African Americans around Detroit are beginning to display their traditional West African clothing and artifacts. For some families without much exposure to African culture, Kwanzaa is ...
Scott bill calls for repeal of charter school law
Jan 03, 2004; ... Bukowski, Diane Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 LANSING -- State Sen. Martha Scott (D-Highland Park) has introduced a bill in the state senate that would repeal charter school legislation declared law by State Attorney General Mike Cox in October. Scott's bill, S.B. 815, ...
Local man ranked one of country's top lawyers
Jan 03, 2004 ... Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 Black Enterprise recently named David Baker Lewis, chairman of Lewis & Munday, P.C., one of "America's Top Black Lawyers." Lewis was one of only three Detroit-area lawyers to receive the prestigious designation, credited to just 90 of the ...
Motion filed to recuse reparations judge
Jan 03, 2004 ... Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 Plaintiffs in the lawsuit for slavery reparations filed a motion Dec. 10 demanding that Judge Charles R. Norgle Sr. recuse himself from hearing their case against corporations that allegedly played a role in enslaving Africans. Norgle is a ...
Thinking for ourselves: The Iraqi war - a good question
Jan 03, 2004; ... Howell, Shea, Brock, Bernard Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 Bush administration supporters are posing an important question: "Where would we be if we hadn't gone into Iraq and removed Saddam Hussein from office?" The assumption behind the question, and the thinly-veiled ...
African Americans train South African medical professionals
Jan 03, 2004; ... Thompson, Bankole Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 Since 1985, Medical Education for Black South Africans, a U.S. based non-profit organization, has trained hundreds of poor South African students as health professionals. MESAB is the largest scholarship fund for Black South ...
Golightly Voc Center serves up holiday treats
Jan 03, 2004; ... Williams, Imani Michigan Citizen 01-03-2004 The Detroit Public Schools has a jewel on the east side. Golightly Vocational Center has people from across the city coming to experience a wonderfully prepared and professionally served dining experience. Under the direction ...
Legacy of a genius: Cheikh Anta Diop
Jan 17, 2004;
Memorials for Baba Kwame Ishangi were held in cities around the world
Jan 17, 2004
Baba Kwame Ishangi
Jan 17, 2004
Haitian magic at Detroit gallery
Jan 17, 2004;
Poetry/prose - fulfilling or empty?
Jan 17, 2004;
Spoken word hits the mainstream
Jan 17, 2004; ... Cunninham, Jonathan Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 When hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons co-produced an HBO special featuring performance poets from around the country three years ago, few people guessed that he was planting the seeds for a major Broadway show. "Russell Simmons' ...
What is the Brewster Old Timers Club?
Jan 17, 2004 ... Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 The Brewster Old timers Club was organized in 1949 and incorporated in 1958. It represented a small coterie of community-minded Black men who had been products of the Brewster Recreation Center during their youth. Their aim, among others, was to ...
Brewster Old Timers' Christmas shopping spree; Young and old come together for holiday event
Jan 17, 2004; ... Davis, Ron Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 Holiday cheer brings out the best in all of us, and once again, the warmth and goodness of the season united youth and seniors for the annual Brewster Old Timers Christmas shopping spree. Thus, on a snowless December day, 61 ...
Stealth implementation of "PATRIOT ACT II"
Jan 17, 2004 ... Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 Lost amid the tumult surrounding Saddam Hussein's Dec. 14 capture was the enactment of a measure radically extending federal counter-terrorism powers. Most of the details of H.R. 2417, the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2004 "are ...
LIVE FROM DEATH ROW; Dissent in times of war
Jan 17, 2004; ... Abu Jamal, Mumia Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 " ...I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land ..." -- Mark Twain, vice president of Anti-Imperialist League (1900) If recent anti-Bush demonstrations in London mean ...
PROGRESSIVE VIEW; Economy still in the doldrums
Jan 17, 2004; ... Malvaux, Julianne Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 Don't believe the happy talk about the economy -- unless you're on Wall Street. New home sales are up, business revenues are rising and any broker worth her salt is able to put a positive spin on the way things are. The Dow Jones ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s anti-war legacy must not be forgotten
Jan 17, 2004 ... Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 1967-1968: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on April 4, 1967, delivered his historic Riverside Church speech titled: "Why I Oppose the Vietnam War," which placed him solidly in the anti-war movement opposing U.S. military involvement in ...
Democratic Party: Moving back in time
Jan 17, 2004 ... Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 The Democratic primary caucus plan for Michigan appears to be the suicidal move of a party perpetually bent on self-destruction. Think about it. What group of voters carry the Democrats -- and their lackluster candidates -- from one sorry ...
Brush Park residents get lawyers to protect their rights
Jan 17, 2004; ... Seigel, Ron Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 DETROIT -- Residents of Detroit's Brush Park area who have gone to court to challenge the city's urban renewal policies have received a special Christmas gift -- two new lawyers to help them with their case. Area residents who are ...
HP crosses fingers for future in 2004
Jan 17, 2004; ... Seigel, Ron Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 Throughout 2003, Highland Park has faced problems both in its finances and human rights, and many residents are hopeful that the new year will bring some relief. So far, that appears unlikely, as the city continues what many see as ...
Smiley, Dyson, West talk with Detroit
Jan 17, 2004; ... Davis, Ron Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 On a cold Friday night, there was heat inside the Detroit Opera House as the city welcomed media and education personalities Tavis Smiley, Dr. Cornell West, and Detroit native, Michael Eric Dyson. The fiery and confrontational ...
Africa peace gaining ground, says AU Chairman
Jan 17, 2004 ... Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 Addis Abba-Glimmers of hope are appearing on Africa's horizon as peace replaces conflict on the warravaged continent, the chairman of the African Union (AU) said on 2 January. Alpha Oumar Konare said "compromise, mutual concessions and ...
NYC settles $3 million lawsuit with Diallo family
Jan 17, 2004 ... Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 The family of Amadou Diallo, an immigrant from West Africa who died in a shower of police bullets in the Bronx, agreed recently to a $3 million settlement of its civil suit against New York City. This closes a case that led to a bitter and high ...
Worthy becomes first Black and female prosecutor
Jan 17, 2004; ... Bukowski, Diane Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 DETROIT -- In a solid coup Jan. 5, renowned jurist Kym Worthy became the first African-American and the first woman to assume the role of Wayne County Prosecutor, appointed by her former colleagues on the bench. The atmosphere ...
Thinking for ourselves: Hopes and fears
Jan 17, 2004; ... Howell, Shea Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 The 21st century began four years ago with extraordinary hope. That hope has now been driven out by fear. In the United States fears of terrorist attacks haunt our every activity. Our sporting events, parades and celebrations are ...
Just what makes a good community organizer?
Jan 17, 2004; ... Gray, Hunter Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 I'm an organizer, and a damn good one. For more than 50 years, I have agitated across the United States for social justice action. What follows is my conception of what constitutes a good grassroots organizer. A legitimate ...
State taxpayers pay $497M for 17,000 parole-eligible prisoners
Jan 17, 2004; ... Bukowski, Diane Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 DETROIT -- As 2004 dawns, a year after Gov. Jennifer Granholm took office, over 17,000 prisoners eligible for parole continue to languish behind bars, costing taxpayers $497 million annually. A recent report from the Citizens ...
City Council opens new year with prayer vigil
Jan 17, 2004; ... Thompson, Bankole Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 A citywide prayer vigil organized by Detroit City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson Jan. 2, at the request of the city council's first Black -- and female -- president, brought together luminaries from different faiths as well as a cross ...
Democratic caucus may limit vote
Jan 17, 2004; ... Thompson, Bankole Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 Critics charge Black base will not be fairly represented Democrats in Michigan will decide Feb. 7 which of the nine presidential hopefuls they want to challenge president Bush in November. But many critics say dramatic ...
LIVING FOR CHANGE; Building the peace movement in 2004
Jan 17, 2004; ... Boggs, Grace Lee Michigan Citizen 01-17-2004 I recently received a thoughtful open letter from my friend, Dr. Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, in which he outlined his plans for building the peace movement in 2004. IEER is ...
LIVING FOR CHANGE; Celebrating MLK's birthday in 2004
Jan 24, 2004;
Dr. Edgar L. Vann named "Pastor of the Year"
Jan 24, 2004
We speak more than English, Spanish, and French
Jan 24, 2004;
the movie goer; "MONSTER"
Jan 24, 2004;
MOVE THE CROWD! Sound Circle Collective blends an eclectic mix of artists and musicians to create a garden of soulful sound
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