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From Previous Issues

Sitting with Mama - An all-too matter-of-fact account of the author's experience of the last 7 hours of his mother's life.
David Saia, Mar. 2004

Maria - They all lived Cajun-style, in the same yard, so Maria's whole life was within a 40-arpent plot of land...
A sobering account of where, in a Cajun universe, the author's life could otherwise have gone.
[This essay first appeared in Lynn Landry's blog, Bad Mother, in slightly different form.]
Lynn Landry, Jan. 2005

Nine Crossings - On an unexpected life of long-term travel and the loss of loved ones in the home country.
David Saia, Oct. 2004

Mama and Her Figs - A Cajun memoir about one of the most delicious aspects of growing up on the bayou.
Lynn Landry

The Fallopian Chronicles, part IV - She said she’d let me push two more times and left. With the next push, she ran inside and said we had to do a C-section... I trusted her and that was that.
Lynn Landry, Aug. 2004

Why I Toast - I’ve come to understand that there are many dense layers underlying my passion for toast.
David Grayson, Aug. 2004

Why I Toast, II - I don't toast. I never did toast much -- never was what you'd call a bread person.
Suz Redfearn, July 2004

Why I Toast, III - Reverend Doughboy had no answer, and became so overwrought that he resigned his teaching post and spent his days wailing and rolling about in pig dung.
Maurice Martin, Sept. 2004

The Electric Scooter and the Fall of Dot-Com - Whatever happened to all that lovely hippie shit?
Ho Lin, Aug. 2004

Milk Day - While talking to my sister one day on the phone, I noticed a day on the calendar marked "MILK DAY/NO SCHOOL."
kstafford, Sept. 2003

The Fallopian Chronicles, part II - We went out for Italian food and a movie and had a solid discussion on the real possibility that we were never going to have kids.
llandry, Jan 2004

The Fallopian Chronicles, part III - All I could think of was, I'm going to have a son that will someday forgo good sense for idiotic thrills like surfing or skiing -- even with hepatitis threats.
llandry, Jan 2004

Strange Bedfellow - "There's poo in the bed," I whispered, shaking her shoulder in the dark.
sredfearn, Apr 2000

Almost Equal - "On my way out, a gay couple was sitting on the steps of City Hall, defeated.
eenriquez, Mar 2004

A Difficult Day - A chilling excerpt form the memoir of Kenya Prach, a Cambodian man who survived the Killing Fields of the Khmer Rouge, as told to David Grayson.
kprach, dgrayson

Phantom Lover: Ode to Leslie Cheung - A detailed tribute that pays homage to the fallen star with a plethora of photos and an extensive retelling of his film career.
hlin, Apr 2003

I Am Salad - That is, according to Taiwan's National Health Care System.
dsaia, Apr 2003

The Fallopian Chronicles, Part I - "Truthfully, I wanted to get pregnant by some happy accident and deal with things as they arose. Instead, I have to try and make something happen: I’m trying to control destiny. I’ve never been very good at this."
llandry, May 2003

Taiwanglish - "This is goods for those who wish to enjoy simple and rational lives waste basket and flower pot." If you were confused by that sentence, read on.
dsaia, Apr 2003

Childhood's End - A native Florida gal's memoir of her long-time feud with her childhood nemesis, and how the story ends.
sredfearn, Oct 2002

Psychic Friends - While hubbie's away, she held her first-ever slumber party, with just the (adult) girls. The psychic-for-hire was just the dash of added fun Martha Stewart would never have thought of.
sredfearn, Mar 2002

Life in the Time of SARS - My experience of living through the time of SARS in one of the hardest-hit countries.
dsaia, May 2003

Waiting for the Goddess - Awaiting news of a cancer diagnosis
dsaia, Sept 2002

Roswell My Eye: A UFO Hoax - "To say there were flaws in the finished product would be generous. The Mylar was torn in places. The fishing line was perfectly visible. One friend remarked that the ship from Plan Nine from Outer Space could take this thing out with one hit...."
bfleming, May 2002

(I Can't Get No) Catisfaction - "My wife yells at the cats, I yell at her to ask her if she is yelling at me, she yells at me to be quiet so she can yell at the cats. The cats yell for any number of reasons...."
bvassar, Nov 2002

My Laramie Project - In which I unearth the disturbingly profound truth... that I'm a lousy investigative reporter.
dsaia, Jan. 2, 2002

Stopping on the Street for Coltrane: A Real Latter Day Saint - The guy in front of me had to sit in a very strange position so he could play his trombone and not sock the guy in front of him in the head. At the altar was a drummer, pianist, bassist, and bongo drummer, and this church was ROCKIN.
Lynn Landry, May 2002

Whither Moocat? - Now it can be told: the truth, the whole truth, and then some...
dsaia, May 2002

Happy Palindrome! - Two-thousand two is, in fact, the first 4-digit palindromic year since 1991... which calendar wins as the oldest possible one to use?
dsaia, Jan. 23, 2002

Happy Tiger, Everyone - An appreciation of Oakland's Chinatown
dsaia, Oct. 28, 2001

Tourist for a Day - Local girl makes like a tourist in her own town, for one interesting afternoon
Lynn Landry, Feb. 1, 1998

Geography as Destiny - On not being there...
dsaia, Oct. 7, 2001

"Bastards" and "Sons-of-a-Bitch" - "there's this interesting trend I've noticed... That is, using the words "bastard" and "son-of-a-bitch" is now considered not only civil, but almost a patriotic act..."
dsaia, Sept. 26, 2001

Watching the Pentagon Burn - a first-hand report of the terrible recent events in Arlington, VA, by a noted playwright and Arlington resident.
Maurice P. Martin, Sept. 11, 2001

Truth Serum - a mildly amusing interview with the current occupant of the White House.
dsaia, Aug. 18, 2001

My Sioux Name - a short, rambling, stream-of-consciousness piece touching on issues of race and other man-made schemes for classifying persons.
dsaia, Aug. 6, 2001

Week 14 - a light-hearted, Kafka-esque musing on the all-too-common Bay Area experience of being unemployed.
dsaia, July 23, 2001

Communing with Mama - an earlier wandering on the experience of being unemployed.
dsaia, Aug. 25, 1997

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Mainland Murmurs (1:41) A trailer for a fictional movie, this short video captures a few glimpses of life in Nanjing and Shanghai that the CCP would prefer you didn't see.
Phillip Salzman, Oct. 2006

Next to Heaven Episode #8 (1:01), Episode #16 (2:24) Two selections from the Arlington Virginia-based videographer's current experimental project, Next to Heaven.
Rob Parrish, Nov. 2006

A Few Minutes in the Tallest Building in the World (13:12) A friend and I roam around the mall area of Taipei 101, the tallest building in the world.
David Saia, Sept. 2003

Crosswords Brunch (15:48) Follow me on a lazy Sunday in October 2005 as I wander from my apartment through my noisy Taipei neighborhood and into a local comfort zone for some (sort of) Western-style food and a nice English-language crossword puzzle.
David Saia, Oct. 2005

Fall 2006

Stranded at Zhongxioa/Dunhwa (1:38) Taken while I was stranded at a busy intersection in Taipei late on a Saturday night.
David Saia, Aug. 2003

Ai-Guo Making Sandwiches (7:29) Taken while I was an English teacher working out of a school in Shu Lin, a poorer outer suburb of taipei. I used to get my evening meal from this sandwich seller who set up his mobile booth near the train station. As you'll see, he's a very nice guy, and my Chinese was very elementary then.
David Saia, July 2003

Stranded at Zhongxioa/Dunhwa (1:38) Taken while I was stranded at a busy intersection in Taipei late on a Saturday night.
David Saia, Aug. 2003

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Double Thursday
A few words here of a young mother's emotional abuse of her child, a few seconds of the "Entertainment Tonight" theme. I'm back in the Western World.
dsaia, Manila & Sydney, August 22, 1996

Last Night in Asia
At the end of his speech, he stands there grinning, his foul breath cascading onto my face. I tell him I'm not comfortable with him standing so close to me. He backs off.
dsaia, Manila, August 21, 1996

Last Days
The cats flee me here. Dogs bark at me from half a block away. The streets have a kind of Bangkok feel, but without the hope, the excitement of a booming economy.
dsaia, Manila, August 20, 1996

Welcome to the Piliffines
Within 15 minutes of inviting himself to my table, this poor gayboy from Baguio City, Northern Luzon, is inviting me to invest in his sweet-foods business back home
dsaia, Manila, August 1996

Overdue Dog Reports
...I was simply not going to be able to embark on conversation with these Hong Kong dogs, because basically (sigh) I have to admit--I'm below their station
dsaia, Hong Kong & China, August 1996

Fall 2006

Death in Yangshuo
"The police only kill bad people. If you kill somebody, the police come and kill you," he apologized.
dsaia, Yangshuo, Guang Xi Province, China, August 1996

Xiao-Yi
...I noticed that the shirt he was wearing said, in English, "Wanted: Good Man. Must have Credit cards, Cash, High-powered sex drive."
dsaia, Yangshuo, Guang Xi Province, China, August 1996

Slow Bus Through China
The ride was so jarring that we had to stop a couple of times so that the driver could screw parts of the bus back on.
dsaia, Wuzhou to Yangshuo, China, August 1996

Monkeys of the World, Unite!
At one point we passed through a flotilla of little foam patches. At first I thought they were ice, and then guessed they were pollution.
dsaia, Yangshuo, Guang Xi Province, Monday, August 5, 9:15 pm

Breakfast with the Baby Trade
A fiftyish-looking Caucasian woman mashes her lips against the tiny head of a clueless Chinese infant.
dsaia, Guangzhou, PRC, August 2, 1996

Guangzhou, On Arrival
...she pulled some scraps of paper off of one of the toothpicks and just threw it over the counter, hitting a Chinese customer in the face! He hardly reacted at all.
dsaia, Guangzhou, PRC, July 31, 1996

Winter 2005

Jackie-Log!
"Be forewarned though that Jackie, well, cut his teeth in a different era, so his political sensitivities are... a little different from ours."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Itinerary
"All of this I write in disappointment, in the mental vicinity of failure."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Mosquito Hawks
"You can't know their world -- crayon-crisp blue and green helicopters landing, doing things with huge dome eyes -- but to catch one, you must try."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

What About 1997?
My thoughts on Chinese rule are just, "the less rule, the better."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Sunday in the Park, with the Cosmos
"I am doing my 'Victory' cool-down, walking lap when I notice that there are, scattered across the park, people, lying face up on the grass, close to midnight, just watching the clouds!"
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Summer 2004

Meet the Artist
"What, are you saying that if you knew I smoked, you wouldn't have asked me out?"
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Club '97
"I've finished my order-one/get-and-pay-for-two ginger ales, and the crowd is so dense in this small place that I just have no elbow room to operate."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Gwailos Need Not Apply
"Oh, UBC?" No. "From Canada?" No."You're not Chinese?" No, I'm a U.S. citizen. "Oh," she says, with an enthusiasm lowered a couple of magnitudes.
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

For the Rice Queen
"Large, glossy colour photograph portrays Hong Kong artist Kary Ka-che Kwok, face covered with feminine makeup, dressed in black-and-white maid's uniform, holding a silver serving tray piled two feet high with mounds of fluffy, white rice."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Suddenly we hear report: "Unknown Monsters Have Been Discovered in the Area! This is very dangerous! Run as fast as you can!"
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Morning in Kwun Tong
"Fortunately, Hong Kong trains start running at 6 am, even on Sundays. So I have only... about 4 hours to wait."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Getting Lost on the Peak
My eyes locked onto his as if to say, "If he shoots me, call an ambulance, okay?"
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

How To Get To Me
"So how do you find Hong Kong?"
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Hong Kong: First Day
"By the way, bellman was all smiles, early 30s, Chinese, and cyooo-oo-oo-oooot!"
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Spring 2004

A Quiet Night
"...he pointed out the obvious huge, deep brush-burn that stretched the length of his leg and hip..."
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, May 1996

Magic Elephant Ride
"So basically, Bird, at the age of 28 decided to become a prostitute for the fun and money of it."
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, May 1996

Touched by Evil
"Then he came on to Bird, big-time, right there in front of everybody..."
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, May 1996

Boy-Boy Intrigue
"Reason, whispered to me over the phone by Jung, while I was standing there in Boy-Boy: 'no money.'"
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, May 1996

Fill
"Even if I understood their language, I doubt there would be enough of an intellectual connection here to keep me stimulated and healthy."
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, June 1996

E-Log '67!
"This e-log is in fact the Walrus!"
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, June 1996

Police Visits
"Sung... politely excused himself to go to the bathroom. His toilet trip led him out of Boy-Boy and out of the police's grasp."
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, June 1996

Dog Dharma
As the Buddha taught, "Wife Dog Chases Husband Dog With Meat Cleaver."
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, June 1996

Bad Times in Northern Thailand
Ants keep eating my money.
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, June 1996

Fall 2003

Songkran
"...a middle-aged Thai man approached the car, mischievously dipped a branch into a bowl of water and slashed at my window. 'Songkran,' laughed my driver."
dsaia, Bangkok, Apr 1996

Doi Inthanon
"...Bird is supporting his perch on the crowded bench with one hand on the girl's knee and the other on mine. I can't keep my eyes off his perfect fingers..."
dsaia, Northern Thailand, June 1996

NACLI? Exacli
"The Singaporean administratrix walked with me to the room to demonstrate that the doors were not locked. Of course, they were.... I scrupulously avoided calling her a 'hideous orangutan'..."
dsaia, Singapore, Apr 1996

Evidence of Dissent
"How do you tell whether you're in a totalitarian state? Check out the bathroom graffiti..."
dsaia, Singapore, Apr 1996

UnGrumpy Old Men
"The policeman heard me laughing, and said, 'Isn't that right, Mr. David? What will be, will be?' 'Que sera, sera,' I added."
dsaia, Singapore, May 1996

[CENSORED]gapore Revealed
"Either you rent a tape or not. You don't have to use my shop as a place for your research."
dsaia, Singapore, May 1996

Your Cheatin' Heart
"Leave this pathetic Island of Wretchedness; Come away with me and breathe the fresh breezes of Vancouver, Hong Kong, nay, Utopia City!"
dsaia, Singapore, May 1996

PHONE TRAP!
"I demanded she give me the boy's name and phone number. She refused and did so only when I caned her..."
dsaia, Singapore, May 1996

My Kids
"Although I was clearly the last to sit down every time, the whole group kept chanting 'Dey-Wit! Dey-Wit!' so that Boy and I won the prize..."
dsaia, Singapore, May 1996

In the Half-Planet of Believing
"Last night my water-spewing reappeared with a vengeance, setting me uncomfortably to think, 'Maybe it is HIV after all...'"
dsaia, Singapore, May 1996

Summer 2003

Hoi An
"Who is this Tuan Anh?"... "Where did you meet him?"... and "Why do you feel just a tad guilty?"
dsaia, Hoi-An, Mar 1996 [2 pp.]

TV in Indochina
"Usha announces that today's episode will be a very special show. She then bursts into a boisterous rendition of 'The Games People Play,' complete with U.S. Southern drawl."
dsaia, Danang, 6 Apr 1996

Son My
The author's account of a pilgrimage to the site of the My Lai Massacre.
dsaia, Danang, 8 Apr 1996

Ho, Homo, Ho Chi Minh
"All poor people who live on the water are Cajuns. Ho Chi Minh was a Cajun. He never married. Was Ho a fag?"
dsaia, Danang, 9 Apr 1996

Jingle Bells
"On the river is a boat with huge, swimming-pool-size wicker baskets (must be for fish). I'd take a picture of it, but I'm afraid to venture out among the rabid 'Hello' tossers."
dsaia, Danang, 9 Apr 1996

You buy, You buy, You buy
"She was dressed in a little white smock thing, her hair was oddly shaved (like the little kids you see in ancient Chinese artwork), and she had a big scab on her forehead."
dsaia, Saigon, 12 Apr 1996

From Boy-Boy to Doi Moi
"Two painted girls pulled up on a bicycle alongside my cyclo. One extended a red-nailed hand and stroked my arm. 'Don't touch me!' I shouted, sending them happily laughing away."
dsaia, Saigon, 11 Apr 1996

Vietnam: Final Random Images
"An emaciated woman lying on a wooden, wheeled cart on the side of the road is accompanied by a couple of poor, dirty kids who pull her along when it's time to move her."
dsaia, Saigon, 13 Apr 1996

Spring 2003

Next Stop is Viet-Namm
"I also have a vague memory of seeing a snapshot he had of Vietnamese casualties — or rather, parts of them..."
dsaia, Mar 1996

Phnom Penh Connexion
"The "Transit Information" officer... politely took my passport and my plane ticket and walked away. Yes, I was scared."
dsaia, 26 Mar 1996

Hanoi: On Arrival
"An angry rejected taxi driver yanks open the driver's side door, as if to pull my driver out of the car. My driver looks at him, then floors it. We go speeding into the parking lot, with the driver's side door stuck open."
dsaia, 26 Mar 1996 [2 pp.]

Midget Guerrilla Capitalists
"'Di!' I said, 'di!' [go]. That, he understood, and stopped his onslaught, replacing it by dejectedly calling me some Vietnamese word (insult?) that he half-heartedly repeated after I left."
dsaia, 27 Mar 1996

Cruel Shoes
"The influx of foreign tourists here is so new (only a year or so), that the scam artists haven't gotten their act down-pat yet."
dsaia, 31 Mar 1996 [2 pp.]

Hanoi Streetwear
"Here in the city the men wear suits — coat and pants, with no tie. They are old and many are dirty, but by golly, they are suits!"
dsaia, Apr 1996

Gay Hanoi?
"Hai took me to a lake where he said there were 'many gay.'"
dsaia, 2 April 1996

Spring 2002

E-Log Zero
Introduction to 'The Dogs and Cats of Southeast Asia'
dsaia, Oct 1995

Happy New World
"Yesterday I walked through a long, narrow back alley... a country of outside food vendors, skinny cats and dogs, and makeshift housing."
dsaia, Dec 1995 [3 pp.]

Night of a Thousand Buses
"Up the street I entered into a lively 3:30 a.m. scene of the Thai people preparing for another Thai day..."
dsaia, Dec 1995 - Jan 1996 [3 pp.]

Migrating North
"Finally I’m showered, shaved, and clean from the first hot water I’ve encountered save for soup in several weeks."
dsaia, Jan 1996

"Saya Saia"
"Today I asked the girl at the travel agency what "saya" means. It means, "I am," or "me." Logically, then, I can accurately say, in perfect Malaysian, 'Saya Saia.'"
dsaia, Jan 1996

"Hats Off to Malaysia!"
"No explorers who've gone before me have had the ridiculous luxury of being able to zap messages back and forth at near-light speed at will."
dsaia, Jan 1996

Signing Off From Chiang-Mai
"I knew that his family was poor, but that night I found out just how poor."
dsaia, Mar 1996

Laos, Part I: 6,840 Buddhas
" I am delighted to report that the dogs and cats of this poor, sparsely populated agrarian nation enjoy the most robust health of all the animals with whom I've spoken across Southeast Asia."
dsaia, Mar 1996 [3 pp.]

Laos, Part II: Metaphor Meets Mekong
"It was Pichai who 'discovered' Jung in Pattaya when Jung was only 16..."
dsaia, Mar 1996

Winter 2002

Shocking News!
"Jung says they 'got too tired to fight anymore.' Presumably, Be's wife has come to terms with the painful fact that she is married to a gayman."
dsaia, Feb 29, 1996 [2 pp.]

A Message from Mai the Tuk-Tuk Driver
"13. You are Note the ONLY FARANG!"
dsaia, Feb 1996

Settling In
"Mmmmm, my rice is smelling pretty good about now."
dsaia, Feb 1996 [2 pp.]

Communications Difficulties
(Sound of explosions outside) "What was that??" J: "Dead people." D: "What???" J: "They burn." D: "...they EXPLODE them first????" J: "Yes"
dsaia, Feb 1996

More Thai Observations
"The dogs here have a very standardized, Thai Dog face. It's a short snout and kind of boxy forehead. This is important to know."
dsaia, Feb 1996

November 2001

Petchabun
"First Jung's parents then other family members take scissors in hand, clasp them in prayer for a moment, and solemnly clip a lock of Jung's soft black hair."
dsaia, 30 Jan 1996 [2 pp.]

Petchabun: The Show
"Ek has been transformed into quite a beautiful woman. Unfortunately, he has several vomit attacks, which he handles, of course, with the utmost femininity."
dsaia, 31 Jan 1996 [2 pp.]

Back in Chiang-Mai
"Jung was sporting garish "lady" makeup and long false eyelashes. On a head with recently shaved hair, it looked more than clownlike; it looked ghoulish."
dsaia, 7 Feb 1996 [2 pp.]

Justice Pro
"I believe that the best way to learn, in Life, is to watch absolutely inscrutable foreign TV."
dsaia, ? Feb 1996

Cheetah Girl Returns!
"Rival Girl just gave Cheetah Girl the most evil look. Cheetah Girl glares back, but not as evilly."
dsaia, ? Feb 1996 [2 pp.]

October 2001

Meet the Family
"...something leads me to not think twice about dating a Gay Thai Buddhist Monk/Pimp who parents a little girl..."
dsaia, 15 Jan 1996 [2 pp.]

Sick
"More than anything I feared Malaria, because a fellow on the bus told me he had known friends who had it, and it basically means vomiting all night."
dsaia, 16 Jan 1996 [2 pp.]

Cheetah Girl
...in which we first meet our kick-ass Thai heroine
dsaia, 22 Jan 1996

The Dogs and Cats of Malaysia
"There is usually a Colonel Sanders statue in front of every KFC outlet, only here, the Colonel has Asian eyes!"
dsaia, 24 Jan 1996 [2 pp.]

I Scream for All
"At this point I have no idea how many--if any--have died, what is the extent of the wounds, how long will we be out in the sun waiting for help, are any of my ribs broken, will this be the end of my journey?"
dsaia, 3 Feb 1996 [2 pp.]

September 2001

Breakfast with the baby trade
An eye-witness account from Chinese-baby-adoption central, in the White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
dsaia, 2 Aug 1996

Finding Boy-Boy
A shy, gay American sets out to find "normal" gay life in quaint Chiang-Mai, Thailand, "The Rose of the North"
dsaia, 13 Jan 1996 [2 pp.]

David in the Lion's Den
"Well, I used to be a boy, but (then, indicating himself) not too many customers pick me...and I can talk English, so I am captain."
dsaia, 14 Jan 1996 [3 pp.]

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(No new poetry in this special Digifilm issue)

Fall 2006

Milk, David Saia
A first attempt at the impossible task of coping with the death of one's mother.

Infinity, David Grayson
Would you prefer a universe with an end?

Emailing the Dead, David Saia
Round things roll, houses tumble like dice... fathers, and then mothers, die.

Winter 2005

Broken Water, Michelle Daugherty
God, but you'll love this poem!

Sand Shark, Kim Cochran
Who says the Horsemen of the Apocalypse won't be riding in SUVs?

Grandma Said, Kim Cochran
A hay-scent scarecrow reverie from the American Midwest

Summer 2004

Golden Days, Rodger Kamenetz
A new poem from the celebrated author of The Lowercase Jew, Nympholepsy, Terra Infirma, and The Jew in the Lotus.

Americat, Keith Ekiss
A gentle parody from a gentle poet of increasing reknown.

Moe Howard Considers the Death of His Brother, Curly, Jim Henley
I gave him the idea; he made it loverly.

Spring 2004

Flashpoems: Driving I-10, I-25, I-40, I-70, Luis Urrea
In-transit Interstate poems from the author of Devil's Highway.

Fall 2003

Minyan, David Grayson
The Moocat is pleased to curl up and gaze as poet David Grayson wafts around the antechamber of Kabbalistic Judaism.

The Inside Scoop, David Grayson
On the nature of divinity...

Nativity, Li-Young Lee
Incredibly delighted to be able to present two poems from the mysterious, allusive, uniquely voiced work of this highly acclaimed and exciting new poet.

I Ask My Mother To Sing, Li-Young Lee

The Absence of Colours, in the World of Colours, Rati Saxena

Spring 2003

Island Logic, Susan Borie Chambers
Susan Borie Chambers' work has appeared in Fourteen Hills, New York Quarterly, The Greensboro Review and The Laurel Review. She lives in Davis, CA.

Peepshow Kleenex, Susan Borie Chambers

Spring 2002

Allen Ginsberg Forgives Ezra Pound on Behalf of the Jews, Rodger Kamenetz
The acclaimed writer and noted religious scholar (author of The Missing Jew, Terra Infirma, and his most recent, highly acclaimed book, The Jew in the Lotus) on coming to terms with our poetic fathers.

Lacing Your Shoes: Haiku and the Everyday , David Grayson, Dec 2001
On the seemingly ephemeral essence of the art of Haiku, by a widely published practicioner.

Four Haiku, David Grayson

Smoking Haiku, Lynn Landry

Winter 2002

december 12, 2001, dsaia, Dec 2001
Daydreaming on my 40th birthday...

Geary & Jones, Monday, 8:23 a.m., dsaia, Dec 2001

The Keeper, dsaia, Dec 2001

Memento Mori, Bruce Fleming, Nov 2001

November 2001

Football's Birthday, Julie Allan, Nov 2001

The Edward Gorey Museum, Julie Allan

Arrival, Don Gordon, Aug 2001

Victim o' Soikumstance, dsaia, Dec 1989
"He had to shave his head for the act... he felt he had no longer any appeal for the fair sex."
       —Moe Howard, on the death of his youngest brother, Jerome (a.k.a. 'Curly')

Responsible, dsaia, Aug 1994

October 2001

The Origin of Teeth and Bones, Michael Stone Johnson, 1990

Questions for Understanding Martins Ferry, Ohio, dsaia, Apr 2001
With fond apologies to both James Wright and to the Poetry Society of Fu Jen University in Taiwan

This Is Just To Tell You, dsaia, Oct 1984
With fond apologies to W.C. Williams

Not-Cat (and what-not), dsaia, May 1988

To Michelle..., dsaia, June 2001
Only poem I've written whose title is longer than its content

September 2001

Dalien, dsaia, June 2001
A port city 500 km east of Beijing, at the tip of the Liaoning Peninsula

A joke, dsaia, December 1994

To My Unmet Wife, dsaia, January 1994
(From the Pool Hall on Shirlington Road)

(Elly), dsaia, May 1993

Olives are still (annul wives well), dsaia, February 1991

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(No new comedy in this special Digifilm issue)

Fall 2006

English-hua
Fair is fair. My bad Chinese is at least as funny as anybody's bad English!
David Saia, Aug. 2006

Winter 2005

Dave for Pope
My first pre-Papal Bull from the bully pulpit.
David Saia, Feb. 2005

Papa Loves Mambo
Can't a guy have a hobby or two once the Mambo’s over?
Max Burbank, Aug. 2004

MS-GOV
Announcing the next Big Push from the E-vil E-mpire.
David Saia, Feb. 2005

Summer 2004

A Culture Report Sampler
Selected audio files from the early 1980s radio comedy show based at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La.
David Saia and Michael Chambers, 1981-82

Autumn 2003

The Little X-mas That Wasn't
Zany contra-Xmas humour from the adored, world-famous radio comedy troupe, Radio X, in streaming audio (RealAudio) format [14 mins. 28 sec.]. You can also download the .mp3 version if you prefer (but nota bene: it's FOURTEEN Mb!).
Maurice Martin & David Saia, 1985

Spring 2003

The Louisiana Cajuns: A Special Radio X Historical Docudrama
The whole story of our forebears, much abridged.
Maurice Martin and David Saia, 1985

Krawkawkaw Gives a Little
Cajun mythology explained for you, pure and simple.
Maurice Martin, 1989

Cajuns on Fire
Selected audio files from an extremely narrowly released 1990 amateur comedy tape.
Maurice Martin & David Saia, June 1990

November 2001

Meet Dr. Klaww
In which we first meet the dire and insipid physician
dsaia, 11/26/96

Letters to Dr. Klaww
More Helpful Hints From the World's Most Unhelpful Advice Columnist
dsaia, 12/9/96

Letter from the Hall of Justice
Could it be that Dr. Klaww has faked his credentials??
dsaia, 12/10/96

An Invitation to be Keynote Speaker
"The Institute for the Differently Handed would be honored if you would be our keynote speaker at our upcoming annual convention."
dsaia, 12/12/96

More KLAWWrespondence
Back by Inexplicable Demand!
dsaia, 12/18/96

October 2001

Gajandra Meets the Scatoman
In which we first happen upon our hero, in perhaps his smelliest adventure ever!
dsaia, 10/24/97

Gajandra and the Curse of the Six Monkeys
In which the prophet/prince relieves the people (and himself) of the painful onslaught of empirical investigation.
dsaia, 12/6/97

Gajandra and the Eating Lesson
In which Jutu tells the ailing Gajandra a story to lift his spirits...
dsaia, 1/5/98

A Moment of Self-Doubt
In which the young hero muses as to the worth of it all...
dsaia, 1/22/98

Gajandra and the Great Rumble
In which Gajandra attempts to save his Kingdom from financial ruin with the help of a gay little frog...
dsaia, 1/30/98

Gajandra and the Problem with Sa-Noor
In which the heir to the throne conquers a nasty personal problem
dsaia, 5/98

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(No new artwork in this special Digifilm issue)

Fall 2006


Abstract Works by Mohamed Tahdaini
Fourteen abstract works by an emerging artist.
Mohamed Tahdaini

Portraits by John Guillory
A tantalizing sampler of eight portraits by the Baton Rouge-based painter and filmmaker John Guillory.

Winter 2005

From the Berkeley Pier
Black-and-white and color photographs taken at the pier on San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, California.
Lynn Landry

Digi-Art From Bruce Dene
A Seattle graphic artist has offered these photos from an as-yet undisplayed show called Cocoder.
Bruce Fleming

Death of The Bayou
These photographs of the remains of The Bayou bar were taken shortly after the famous LSU watering hole burnt to the ground in 2002.
Carolyn Schwarzhoff

Summer 2004

Photography: Taiwan Food Vendors
A photographic study of Taiwan's "wet markets," in color.
John Freeman, Summer 2003

Fall 2003

Photographs by John Freeman
A photographic study of Taiwan in black and white.
John Freeman, Summer 2003

Drawings by Robin Liu
Dark pen and ink cartoons from a very talented native Taiwanese fellow now studying art in Australia.
Robin Liu

Summer 2002

Hector
Two strips from the Denver-based cartoonist cooperative.
Melissa Stander

Dave's Corner
A sampling of strips from the short-lived single-panel strip run in Louisiana State University's The Daily Reveille back in 1984.
David Saia, Fall 1984

Winter 2001

 
Zuni Katchinas, June 2001, 9" x 12", acrylics and metalics on board, by painter Sylvester Hustito (a.k.a. Sobe), who was born and raised on the Zuni Pueblo reservation near Santa Fe, New Mexico

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