rony.bloghttps://rony.blog/Essays, poems, prose and notes, in English and French.en Next semester, I’m opening my critical theory class with the first 9 minutes of this BBC interview with Meredith Whittaker.https://rony.blog/whittaker/https://rony.blog/whittaker/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTA small defense of the humanities, which apparently we still need in 2026. Don’t use AI to make art. Use childhood trauma like a real artist.https://rony.blog/ai-art/https://rony.blog/ai-art/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTStraight from my DMs, without becoming a populist. toutes les familles sont choisieshttps://rony.blog/familles/https://rony.blog/familles/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTtoutes les familles sont choisies La France a un incroyable talent, une fois régulariséhttps://rony.blog/talent/https://rony.blog/talent/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMTÀ travers Une vie en France, série de portraits diffusée par France Télévisions le 14 juillet, se rejoue une vieille obsession française : décider quels… what are you suggesting rony what are you suggesting how do we choose how do we get chosen how do we know the way things look if they swelled up bad maybe a stye and how with an eye patch decide what we’re doing how we do it who gets to stayhttps://rony.blog/stye/https://rony.blog/stye/Thu, 25 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMTwhat are you suggesting rony what are you suggesting how do we choose how do we get chosen how do we know the way things look if they swelled up bad maybe a… Enjoyable Flawshttps://rony.blog/enjoyable-flaws/https://rony.blog/enjoyable-flaws/Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:00:00 GMTthe older I get / the more I turn / into you. the stab between the ribs is now / a cold war / a meticulous wait for fish in the oven / for coffee in line /… not everything that glitters has healedhttps://rony.blog/glitters/https://rony.blog/glitters/Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMTin the silvered window words wear thin. past coils like ant colonies / slow to form quick to blur / flat little hills, dishonest / in their stillness. stay… Gathering Partshttps://rony.blog/gathering-parts/https://rony.blog/gathering-parts/Sat, 26 Aug 2023 12:00:00 GMTThe body ages like Oberkampf Street — once a gutter for the broke, now a playground for men marinated in lukewarm beer, three fifty at happy hour. I pedal… Parfois il faut sortir de chez soihttps://rony.blog/internet/https://rony.blog/internet/Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:00:00 GMTCe qu’il y a de plus effrayant sur Internet / ce sont les restes Pas comme une place de cinéma / achetée puis oubliée / qu’on peut glisser dans un tiroir /… mother tongue is the one you count inhttps://rony.blog/mother-tongue/https://rony.blog/mother-tongue/Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:00:00 GMTI have a microwave that’s also an oven. its fake versatility already makes me resent it. but once I craved gratin rushed downstairs to where they sell the… Sauvez.https://rony.blog/sauvez/https://rony.blog/sauvez/Thu, 07 May 2015 12:00:00 GMTJe grince des dents et ça me fait mal dans le muscle qui soutient mon cou à droite. Je ne connais absolument pas les noms des fleurs ni ceux des muscles. Je…