Trent PortigalGrave Contamination in Second-Empire ParisBaron Haussmann’s cemetery dilemma.8 min read·Jun 16, 2021----
Trent PortigalinEpoché (ἐποχή)Advanced Abstention. Democracy, Anarchism and Anti-Vote CandidatesBy Trent Portigal12 min read·Oct 27, 2020----
Trent PortigalA City of One’s OwnPoverty, writing and urban connections in 1920s Moscow10 min read·Aug 2, 2020----
Trent PortigalPenciled in MoscowOne of the most popular pencils versus pens stories is the Space Race tale claiming that, when Americans and Russians realized the lack of…10 min read·Jun 22, 2020----
Trent PortigalSlipping Toward NothingnessWhile vodka was usually a behind-the-scenes collaborator, it did make an appearance, playing itself, in the story…13 min read·May 14, 2020----
Trent PortigalThe Murder and Mythology of Bruno SchulzAsked who he was, my response has been: a Polish-Jewish writer and visual artist killed in his hometown’s ghetto during World War II…8 min read·Dec 18, 2019----
Trent PortigalThe Women Behind The Parrot“For a mad musician, there is a composer named Alkan. Not mad, but really in the end…author of the symphony for a parrot.”8 min read·Jul 13, 2019----
Trent PortigalArt, Prophecy and Utopian DreamsJohn Berger argues that prophecy in art is “not indulging in idle fancy but responding intuitively to a concrete situation.”10 min read·Jun 20, 2019----
Trent PortigalLiterature of the Solitary KingsIn the 1930s, Raymond Queneau wrote a study on the forgotten works of the Nineteenth Century literary mad…7 min read·May 21, 2019----
Trent PortigalRehumanizing CannibalismMichel de Montaigne began his essay on cannibalism with an appeal to readers to to approach the subject with reason…7 min read·May 12, 2019----