Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence Chords the half-forgotten scholar behind the

the half-forgotten scholar behind the decipherment of the ancient writing system called Linear B

After joining Timothy Leary’s intentional community in upstate New York

Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature

where meaning zooms into clarity then retreats

fierce and timely thinking on reading

Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence Chords the half-forgotten scholar behind theHomero Aridjis Self Portrait in the Zone of Silence, by the renowned Mexican writer Homero Aridjis, is a brilliant collection of poems written in and for the new century. Aridjis seeks spiritual transformation through encounters with mythical animals, family ghosts, migrant workers, Mexico's oppressed, female saints, other writers (such as Jorge Luis Borges and Philip Lamantia), and naked angels in the metro. We find tributes to Goya and Heraclitus,