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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Comparing Experiences
Charmaine Chua and I both took containerships roughly at the same time. She was much more involved: her trip took longer, on a different route, and she worked onboard. We talk about our experiences over at the Disorder of Things … Continue reading
The unbearable deaths of thousands in the deep
And yet these unbearable deaths are borne by those who turn away. As I am left mute with horror, I shall post these poems which I think speak to the deaths of so many in this watery graveyard: from Salt By … Continue reading
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Silt
Silt Stephen Burt Things you know but can’t say, the sort of things, or propositions that build up week after week at the end of the day, & have to be dredged by the practical operators so that their grosser … Continue reading
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Somali Piracy
This really is the best journalism about Somali piracy I have read. It is immensely sympathetic to the ordinary crewmen, many often belonging to the global South, who are the victims of the piracy. But it also shows the extent to … Continue reading
Container Spotting
Here is an account of an interesting obsession with containers… I wonder what Allan Sekula would have made of this love of the technological sublime: http://www.ediblegeography.com/container-spotting/ There are still many unanswered mysteries that the duo hopes to get to the bottom of … Continue reading
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The Gamming 