“Achieving this much is already glory.” – C.P. Cavafy, “The First Step”. Translated by Seamus Heaney, who died #OTD 30 August 2013. #poetry #cavafy

George Orwell wrote the most important sentences of the 20th century. But before he wrote 1984 or Animal Farm, he lived a life harder than most of us can imagine. The story of Orwell’s life (you'll want to bookmark this): 🧵

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐎 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫: 𝐀𝐮𝐠. 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐮𝐠. 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 (𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲) Between the Nagoya Basho and the Aki Basho, the Banzuke's fittest rikishi tour Japan at daily events, training, signing autographs, and making themselves available to speak

“And my longings wear their mourning black.” – C.P. Cavafy, “September of 1903”, translated by Daniel Mendelsohn #poetry #cavafy

I don’t even know what songs would please you. - Rilke (T. by Mitchell)

A counterpoise from an ancient Egyptian Menat necklace, featuring the goddess Hathor (an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with the sky, women, fertility, and love, often depicted with cow horns and a solar disk, as seen in the image)... This is a truly remarkable artifact, a

It's time to start talking 2026, and I'm choosing to do so in the boldest way possible with these 20 bold predictions: cbssports.com/fantasy/baseba…

“I know that I am cowardly and am unable to act. Therefore I confine myself to words. But I do not think my words are needless. Someone else will act. But my many words—the words of a coward—will facilitate their deed. My words clear the ground.” – C.P. Cavafy, 1902.

Anne Applebaum: "I think this trajectory is not unfamiliar. We’ve seen it in other places...Once the government has those kinds of powers, it becomes much harder for the other side to compete. The earlier we attempt to stop it the easier it’s going to be..."

Mi traducción de la Poesía completa de Cavafis (Pre-Textos) está agotada. Habrá nueva edición, de la que ya iremos dando noticias. Toda mi gratitud a los lectores. Comparto el poema 'Tumba de Lisias, el gramático', en la voz del gran Javier Lostalé. youtube.com/watch?v=JMeRU7…

Cavafy's "Ithaca", perhaps his most famous poem. New translation in iambic metre (like the original), 1st draft. When you set out to go to Ithaka, pray that your voyaging will be prolonged, filled with adventure and discovery. The Laestrygonians, the Cyclopēs, angry Poseidon,

“Honor to those who in the life they lead define and guard a Thermopylae.” – C.P. Cavafy, “Thermopylae”, translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard.

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Robert Frost recites 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.'

Jane Fonda saying that she regrets not reconnecting with Robert Redford in the past months before he left us reminds me of this sweet final pairing of cinema’s most iconic besties at the Westport Country House benefit in 2004

For a half-century, Bruce Springsteen’s job has been unlike any other. He has released 21 albums, collecting 20 Grammys, an Oscar, a Tony, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He’s written a best-selling memoir and sold more than 150 million records

Sorry to hear of the passing of poet and dramatist Tony Harrison. Here’s something I wrote some years ago on Tony Harroson’s version of The Oresteia. Tony Harrison's "Oresteia" argumentativeoldgit.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/ton…

Not every musician is a true one but Bowie is sure one of them. David Bowie performing 'Life on Mars' and 'Ashes to Ashes' live on his meeting with Johnny Carson, Carson Tonight Show in 1980.

''For the love of God, this should be a yearly celebration, the day music was perfect.'' It was 1976 when George Harrison of The Beatles and Paul Simon took the stage together at Saturday Night Live. The song was a timeless one, the classic, Here Comes The Sun, performed by

Bust of Nefertiti (1345 BC) : Nefertiti was most mysterious and powerful women in ancient Egypt, Nefertiti was queen alongside Pharaoh Akhenaten from 1353-1336 BC, and may have ruled New Kingdom outright after her husband’s death. Her reign was a time of tremendous cultural