Author Archives: Jason Preater
Cesário Verde: Poppies in a Cleavage
At that bourgeois picnic, There was something so simple and beautiful, With neither history nor grandeur, Yet worth a watercolour all the same. When you dismounted the donkey, With no foolish pretensions, you went to gather In a blue chickpea-patterned … Continue reading
By the River
Ó Longo das Ribeiras Yearning along the water’s edge I go, my girl. Where are the boats and flowers? The rivers head nowhere now. Far distance and sea don’t exist. It is all right here and clear. The hour is … Continue reading
Privacy Matters
This is a short note to let my subscribers understand my position on the new privacy law. I am not going to be sending out one of those advice notices that you probably delete instantly without reading, just as I … Continue reading
Ultreya: the Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments of the Galician Youth Movement Ultreya – Porque amo a Galiza con toda a miña ialma, adicareille os meus millores esforzos pra tornala eternamente feliz. Since I love Galicia with all my heart, I shall dedicate my … Continue reading
Ultreya: Celtic Boy Scouts
I offended a friend. “The Boy Scouts? That’s the Hitler Youth with ginger beer, isn’t it?” I said. “I love the Scouts,” he replied. “Choose your weapon!” I backed off quickly because, if he had been a scout, he could … Continue reading
Lorca and Dalí: the Unfaithful Wife
Dalí wrote a critical letter to Lorca after the publication of Romancero Gitano. It is worth reading. Continue reading
Ammiel in the Mountains
What is political writing? What is political reading?
How can reading invigorate your life? Continue reading
