What’s in a name?
Regular readers of these posts — and if you do not already subscribe to the email, please do so in the space provided on the right — will have noticed that last week I dropped the moniker Ricardo… Read More
Poems for staying at home (Day 28)
Now, listen: do not go roaming with the possum. Is that perfectly clear? from A Somewhat Difficult Syntax The possum represents those who craved the Holy Word, but who, once they have received it, do nothing… Read More
Hunter, White Mountains
I woke in the freezing dawn, and looked out from the cave, over a misty sea. I stepped outside and stretched, drank the last of the water from my canteen, stuffed blanket into knapsack, and set off… Read More
I set out on a journey
Imagine my surprise (horror/fascination/wonder) on receiving a photo on my iphone a couple of months ago, displaying the shoulder of a regular at The Promised Land (a charming fellow and good acquaintance: I do not know him… Read More
The Vagabond’s Breakfast: a perfect stocking filler (wash thoroughly after use)
Thanks to Scott Pack for his mention of The Vagabond’s Breakfast and selecting it as runner-up in his top ten ‘Books of the Year.’ Scott says: The fact that it (The Vagabond’s Breakfast) has been totally ignored… Read More
The Promised Land
I have made a couple of references recently to The Promised Land, my favourite bar and hostelry, which can be found in Windsor Place, near the city centre, and which serves, amongst other things, the best coffee in… Read More
Hunger for Salt
A post from Pablo Makovsky, director of the Rosario International Poetry Festival, and a video of us reading ‘Hunger for Salt’ in English and Spanish (translation by Jorge Fondebrider). Also on the festival website a very good… Read More
Ricardo Blanco’s Blog
- Raids on the Underworld
- Invisible Dog by Fabio Morábito
- Further reflections on waking at 4.00 a.m.
- Illustrious insomniacs: 4.00 o’clock or whatever time in the morning
- The Future is Dark: Woolf, Solnit, Darrieussecq . . . and the Lucy Letby trial
- On moving home, the sorrows of Gaza, and a poem about kindness
- To be always the same person
- The last Welsh speakers of the Black Mountains
- Narrative Horror
- What’s in a name?
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