Folk Dancing for Beginners
By Karen Press (He sets the tone) In my country the president rises from a bed of red carnations and then the children sit down each with a goldfish on their desk. Their task is to teach it to swim better than it does already. At the end of the year […]
How Close Are You To This Place?
by Karen Press. Where is the heart of darkness? We think we know. It’s the impenetrably savage jungle of ‘the Congo’. It’s the depraved misery of Mr Kurtz. It’s the sweating, terrifying bulk of Marlon Brando. But for Marlow, Joseph Conrad’s faux-naif narrator, darkness begins on a boat moored in the Thames, surrounded by mists that render the city beyond the vessel […]
Say What You Mean
Vocabulary and translation, exercises, games — lessons — from Karen Press for you to get your head, mouth, and pen around. Comment below with your answers, successful students to receive two tickets to freedom (courtesy of The Canary’s Songbook). ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE FOR EVERYDAY SITUATIONS REVISE WHAT YOU LEARNED LAST WEEK IN LESSON 7. THEN TRY LESSON 8. […]
Language Games
For poet Karen Press opposites are already united; they depend on each other integrally, thus, no presence without absence, no fear without love. Spiced by independent wit and wry humour, her games mobilizes the play of language. Are you brave enough to play along? Karen Press is a poet and freelance editor. She has […]
Folk Dancing For Beginners
Karen Press (He sets the tone) In my country the president rises from a bed of red carnations and then the children sit down each with a goldfish on their desk. Their task is to teach it to swim better than it does already. At the end of the year they’ll have to have to […]