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Wreckage upon wreckage piling at my feet now, Max, as I pack up detritus from one house in readiness for the move next month now. Great quote and Klee angel portrait. Thanks for bending my attention this way too, Doug. I can now read your poem in the manner it requires. I'm impressed. Bill On 29/08/2015, at 1:54 PM, Max Richards wrote: > A quick ask of Google brings up this, of great interest… > > http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/sep/25/walter-benjamins-angel-hitler/ > > Max > > On Aug 28, 2015, at 19:05, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I have scads of Benjamin quotes, but no Benjamin book. Any recommendations? >> I'd like to buy one, or get a couple out of the library. >> >> When I was doing my PhD my super wouldn't let me use Walter B as he was >> 'too old'!! Annoying super ... >> >> Andrew >> >> On 29 August 2015 at 09:59, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Ah, the Benjaminian angel! >>> >>> And also, a Benjaminian caesura, perhaps … >>> >>> J >>> >>> On 29/08/2015, at 2:49 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Jill, Patrick, & Bill. >>>> >>>> 'that angel’ can be found in Benjamin, actually… >>>> >>>> Doug >>>> On Aug 28, 2015, at 2:46 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> angel = plane? Not that we're in the equation business. >>>>> >>>>> Like 'layer after layer of lives/sifted through time, Doug. >>>>> >>>>> cunning/conning loses me but hey. >>>>> >>>>> Bill >>>>> >>>>> On 28/08/2015, at 3:01 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> City of Clouds >>>>>> >>>>>> as any city might be >>>>>> seen through that angel’s eyes >>>>>> >>>>>> layer after layer of lives >>>>>> sifted through time >>>>>> s low cunning >>>>>> a con ning tower >>>>>> of epic song >>>>>> >>>>>> always in the wrong key >>>>>> to the cities >>>>>> buried below >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Douglas Barbour >>>>>> [log in to unmask] >>>>>> >>>>>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & >>> Continuation 2 (UofAPress). >>>>>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). >>>>>> >>>>>> Done in by creation itself. >>>>>> >>>>>> I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too. >>>>>> The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books? >>>>>> We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming? >>>>>> >>>>>> Robert Kroetsch. >>>>>> >>>> >>>> Douglas Barbour >>>> [log in to unmask] >>>> >>>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation >>> 2 (UofAPress). >>>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). >>>> >>>> Done in by creation itself. >>>> >>>> I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too. >>>> The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books? >>>> We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming? >>>> >>>> Robert Kroetsch. >>> >