The allure of Ethiopian food, I once wrote, has as much to do with presentation as it does spice. I was but a baby writer at the time, living in Los Angeles, visiting the restaurants …
July 29, 2022
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Kemmem puts Ethiopian on the take-out menu
The best "Liebestods" from the golden age of Wagner
I’m not sure how the conversation started, but an opera friend of mine asked if I had ever heard soprano Leontyne Price's rendition of “The Liebestod” or “Love-Death” from Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. I …
July 29, 2022
A sestina by medieval Provençal troubadour Arnaut Daniel
I have a firm desire, and I enter Unbending, driven deeply, hard as nail. What lies! Such gossip has plundered my soul— But since I cannot bear this flimsy rod, I’ll play the flute until …
July 29, 2022