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Joseph Brodsky

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Name: Joseph Brodsky

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

How the USSR tried to combat manifestations of rotten capitalism

In the Soviet Union, every citizen had to build communism and make the "bright future" closer to the best of the ability. Those who declined to participate became enemies. They did not understand the importance of the changes taking place in the country ... [Published Pravda - May 07 2013]

Entities: Russia, Alcohol, Unemployment

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 1 reports

On Cavafy’s Side

From 1977, Joseph Brodsky in the NYRB (image from Wikimedia Commons ): The uneventfulness of Cavafy’s life extends to his never having published a book of his poems. He lived in Alexandria, wrote poems (occasionally printing them infeuilles volantes, ... [Published 3quarksdaily - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Edmund Keeley, Joseph Brodsky, Wikimedia Commons, Pamphleteer, Assimilation

First reported Apr 02 2013 - Updated Apr 02 2013 - 1 reports

Chinese Nationalist Party

Taiwan is no ‘scholarly society’

The government is always talking about how Taiwan is a “scholarly society.” With the now defunct Council for Cultural Affairs and its new incarnation, the Ministry of Culture, the government is also using the word “culture” on a daily basis.This is interesting ... [Published Taipei Times Online - Apr 02 2013]

Entities: Taiwan, Joseph Brodsky, Chinese Nationalist Party, Interference, Martial Law

First reported Feb 17 2013 - Updated Feb 17 2013 - 1 reports

Sergei Mironov

Fight over school textbooks in Russia

This article of mine appeared in the Moscow Times, 17 February 2013 At the end of January, State Duma Deputy and Just Russia leader Sergei Mironov gave a blistering speech in the Duma attacking a new draft curriculum for high school students. He complained ... [Published nationalismwatch - Feb 17 2013]

Entities: Sergei Mironov, Russia, Anton Chekhov

First reported Feb 13 2013 - Updated Feb 13 2013 - 1 reports

A northerner's guide to speaking (and swearing) in Polish

With Polish now the second most popular language heard in many northern town and cities, James Hopkin offers some simple (and practical) tips to get you started The Nobel laureate poet Joseph Brodsky wrote that learning Polish "would be to your great ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Feb 13 2013]

Entities: Wisława Szymborska, Czesław Miłosz, Slupsk (Poland), Joseph Brodsky

First reported Feb 13 2013 - Updated Feb 13 2013 - 1 reports

Tim Wilson: The internet has eradicated boredom

Endless distraction, so lovingly created, now seems to be in danger. How do you know? By the phrase 'breaks the internet'.'Facebook breaks the Internet' reported numerous sites and organs last week after a Facebook plugin affected local and American sites, ... [Published ONE News - Feb 13 2013]

Entities: Tim Wilson, UK High Court, Wanganui (New Zealand), Joseph Brodsky, New Plymouth (New Zealand)

First reported Jan 26 2013 - Updated Jan 26 2013 - 1 reports

University of Michigan

Joseph Brodsky "used to appall his students by requiring them to memorize something like a thousand lines each semester."

"He felt he was preparing them for the future; they might need such verses later in life. His own biography provided a stirring example of the virtues of mental husbandry. He’d been grateful for every scrap of poetry he had in his head during his enforced ... [Published Althouse - Jan 26 2013]

Entities: Joseph Brodsky, Brad Leithauser, National Policy, University of Michigan

First reported Jan 11 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 1 reports

Yoram Kaniuk, reluctant soldier in 1948

Yoram Kaniuk was born in Tel Aviv in 1930. After his experience in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, Kaniuk moved to New York where he became a painter in Greenwich Village. Ten years later he returned to Tel Aviv, where he has lived ever since, working ... [Published The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion ... - Jan 11 2013]

Entities: Yoram Kaniuk, Morality, Israel, Memory

First reported Dec 17 2012 - Updated Dec 17 2012 - 1 reports

When Rushdie-bashing was in fashion

From Paul Berman’s essay/review of Salman Rushdie’s memoir Joseph Anton, on the years immediately following the Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death because of the alleged blasphemy of his novel The Satanic Verses: Huge portions ... [Published Harry's Place - Dec 17 2012]

Entities: Salman Rushdie, Yusuf Islam, British Muslims, Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits, Iqbal Sacranie

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Author flirts with failure to lose herself in d... [Published Individual.com - May 13 2013]
How the USSR tried to combat manifestations of ... [Published Pravda - May 07 2013]
Historians Battle To Save U.S. Slave Burial Sites [Published Huffington Post - May 06 2013]
Slave Cemetery Highlights New Jersey's 'Ugly Hi... [Published Huffington Post - May 06 2013]
On Cavafy’s Side [Published 3quarksdaily - Apr 14 2013]
Taiwan is no ‘scholarly society’ [Published Taipei Times Online - Apr 02 2013]
All dissidents now: Russia's protests and the i... [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - Mar 29 2013]
Fight over school textbooks in Russia [Published nationalismwatch - Feb 17 2013]
A northerner's guide to speaking (and swearing)... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Feb 13 2013]
Tim Wilson: The internet has eradicated boredom [Published ONE News - Feb 13 2013]
Joseph Brodsky "used to appall his students by ... [Published Althouse - Jan 26 2013]
What to call an unmarried spouse? [Published Bend Bulletin - Jan 13 2013]
Yoram Kaniuk, reluctant soldier in 1948 [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Jan 11 2013]
2012: the year the Kremlin lost control of the ... [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - Dec 28 2012]
When Rushdie-bashing was in fashion [Published Harry's Place - Dec 17 2012]
Believing in tears: a snapshot of new Russian d... [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - Nov 30 2012]
The Top 10 Cities in Literature [Published PublishersWeekly.com - Nov 09 2012]
Salman Rushdie's Memoir of a "Life Profoundly D... [Published REASON Online - Sep 18 2012]
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On Cavafy’s Side [Published 3quarksdaily - Apr 14 2013] From 1977, Joseph Brodsky in the NYRB (image from Wikimedia Commons ): The uneventfulness of Cavafy’s life extends to his never having published a book of his poems. He lived in Alexandria, wrote poems (occasionally printing them infeuilles volantes, ...
Fight over school textbooks in Russia [Published nationalismwatch - Feb 17 2013] This article of mine appeared in the Moscow Times, 17 February 2013 At the end of January, State Duma Deputy and Just Russia leader Sergei Mironov gave a blistering speech in the Duma attacking a new draft curriculum for high school students. He complained ...
Joseph Brodsky "used to appall his students by ... [Published Althouse - Jan 26 2013] "He felt he was preparing them for the future; they might need such verses later in life. His own biography provided a stirring example of the virtues of mental husbandry. He’d been grateful for every scrap of poetry he had in his head during his enforced ...
Yoram Kaniuk, reluctant soldier in 1948 [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Jan 11 2013] Yoram Kaniuk was born in Tel Aviv in 1930. After his experience in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, Kaniuk moved to New York where he became a painter in Greenwich Village. Ten years later he returned to Tel Aviv, where he has lived ever since, working ...
When Rushdie-bashing was in fashion [Published Harry's Place - Dec 17 2012] From Paul Berman’s essay/review of Salman Rushdie’s memoir Joseph Anton, on the years immediately following the Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death because of the alleged blasphemy of his novel The Satanic Verses: Huge portions ...