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Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6687-4647

Herbert Blau 1926 – 2013

Herbert Blau 1926 – 2013

I had avoided looking but my friend Herb is dead. …not a bad write-up, here in the New York Times, but hardly covering his academic career and many polemical interventions – the contribution to critique and scholarship of: The Impossible Theater: A Manifesto. New York: Macmillan, 1964; rpt. Collier, 1965. Blooded

not meaning anything

not meaning anything

a department of the Ministry of Destinies a series, which starts with "The Mill Girl" in 2008 and ran into 2009, based on dreams, that elicited them, making them to order, so that I had to abandon it. I finish it here with the two long sci-fi pieces

threefold: Eating the Baby, Miraculous Day, L'Enfance du Christ*

threefold: Eating the Baby, Miraculous Day, L'Enfance du Christ*

Eating the Baby Love is a covert operation like the skillful manipulation of phallic symbols in television advertisements, a postulate for the subconscious, the red-painted nail on the female hand, suggestion of the tactile, the smooth reflective surfaces of the car’s body, its dark interior. And the body’s

On the resignation of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern:

On the resignation of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern:

towards a politics of change Prime Minister Ardern resigned. Although it deals with what has been said about her time in office and her exit from it, the article that follows is neither valedictory nor a critique. I wanted to deal with what has not been said. I think her

corpocracy and plaguology:

corpocracy and plaguology:

some thoughts on “Digital Maoism” (2007) A voice should be sensed as a whole. You have to have a chance to sense personality in order for language to have its full meaning. Personal Web pages do that, as do journals and books. Even Britannica has an editorial voice, which some

Sweetheart, over____ - stageplay (2006)

Sweetheart, over____ - stageplay (2006)

ACT 1 Running the scenarios. At the SALTON home, in BARBARA and MARIA's sitting room. (BARBARA SALTON stands at a high table reading a book. She wears a black dress down to her ankles. There's a revolver on the table.) (MARIA SALTON enters.) MARIA I don&

experiments with death - screenplay (2005)

experiments with death - screenplay (2005)

1 INT. DAVID'S BEDROOM STUDIO -- AFTERNOON Contrary to normal practice, scenes are numbered throughout. This is for reference: the action in a scene often refers back, quoting action in other scenes, through a monitor or screen. David sits on a chair against a white wall. DAVID Who