Bearing Witness
By Moira Roth. A poet’s newspapers unfold disquieting headlines near and far.
Harriet Tubman and the Time Between
By Moira Roth. A graceful report on Harriet Tubman and a new center dedicated to her life.
Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) / The Map of Sounds & Memories
By Moira Roth. It was the first time that anyone on Earth, including herself, had ever heard the sounds of all the comets in the universe, past present and future.
Dachau?
By Moira Roth. Dachau? History that must not be forgotten.
Through Song? Leaflets Falling From the Sky?
By Moira Roth. “How will these children, when they grow up, / Hear news about the world?”
Suddenly, Interrupting All This Despairing News…
I study
Henry Louis Gates’ essay,
“Proving Black History Matters”
Which ends with a long quote from James Baldwin.
I always came to this café, then run by artists and anarchists, to read The New York Times
By Moira Roth. Reading the Times, ruminating on a lifetime of changing history.
Will Francisco Ayala Seek Out Hades?
November 5th, 2009 In the café I read Over and over again A statement quoted in his obituary: “It is not often someone witnesses a century of life, especially with a conscience more or less alert. This is a privilege Which nature has bestowed on me.” Francisco Ayala was born in Granada in 1906 And went into exile when Franco’s…