Marco Katz Montiel (ell@/l@/su)
@marcokatz.bsky.social
Writing these days.
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"Since the gene also causes a painful skeletal disorder known as osteochondrodysplasia, continued breeding of Scottish Folds is controversial." Not "controversial," @workmanpub.bsky.social - it's just cruel.
"Since the gene also causes a painful skeletal disorder known as osteochondrodysplasia, continued breeding of Scottish Folds is controversial." Not "controversial," @workmanpub.bsky.social - it's just cruel.
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"Since the gene also causes a painful skeletal disorder known as osteochondrodysplasia, continued breeding of Scottish Folds is controversial." Not "controversial," @workmanpub.bsky.social - it's just cruel.
Ravel, I might observe without completely going off-topic, did not compose his work to memorialize a specific princess, but instead as a means of evoking nostalgia, as so many of his turn-of-the-century compatriots did, for an imagined piece of Old Spain.
Pavane pour une infante défunte | Dissident Voice
“I have decided, as I always have,” The distraught prince told the press, “to put my Duty to my family and country first.” When his middle-aged ego needs the salve Of a young girl whom he forces to cr...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Ravel, I might observe without completely going off-topic, did not compose his work to memorialize a specific princess, but instead as a means of evoking nostalgia, as so many of his turn-of-the-century compatriots did, for an imagined piece of Old Spain.
I know you don't want to see this, I know, but Hayder Alasadi, an Iraqi peace activist, risks a great deal to show us what's really going on in Gaza - even now after the long demanded "ceasefire." BTW, has anyone you know started caring at all about the actual genocide that continues in Sudan?
Hayder Alasadi 海得🎗️ on X: "To all of those who believe the anti #Israel lies & Jew hatred, watch 👇 me below & remember, Don’t let the snake, bite you twice! Iraqi & stand with Israel. Hayder https://t.co/aRVbKr6zTd" / X
To all of those who believe the anti #Israel lies & Jew hatred, watch 👇 me below & remember, Don’t let the snake, bite you twice! Iraqi & stand with Israel. Hayder https://t.co/aRVbKr6zTd
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November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I know you don't want to see this, I know, but Hayder Alasadi, an Iraqi peace activist, risks a great deal to show us what's really going on in Gaza - even now after the long demanded "ceasefire." BTW, has anyone you know started caring at all about the actual genocide that continues in Sudan?
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"Exit" for brass quintet
A mere $20 for score and parts.
Listening to the recording: priceless!
A mere $20 for score and parts.
Listening to the recording: priceless!
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October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Exit" for brass quintet
A mere $20 for score and parts.
Listening to the recording: priceless!
A mere $20 for score and parts.
Listening to the recording: priceless!
The Organic Act of Puerto Rico was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on March 2, 1917.
Bad Bunny Thinks It’s Funny | Dissident Voice
The United States has no official Idioma. (Only Congress can do that.) Tenemos el derecho and we shall Speak Spanish even if it starts a spat. ¡Oye! Bad Bunny, créalo o no, Nació un estadounidense, An...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The Organic Act of Puerto Rico was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on March 2, 1917.
"'The Heavens Look Down Upon Us': José Enrique Rodó and the Spirit of América" (Glad to send PDFs to those interested.)
The heavens look down upon us | 10 | José Enrique Rodó and the spirit
This chapter considers the surprisingly sturdy fruits of Jose Enrique Rodo's seemingly fragile transplants in new terrain, by analysing the peril threatened by
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October 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'The Heavens Look Down Upon Us': José Enrique Rodó and the Spirit of América" (Glad to send PDFs to those interested.)
I hope that none of my friends or colleagues are OK with this:
WATCH: Pro-Palestine protesters set restaurant ablaze TRAPPING workers as policemen HOSPITALISED
YouTube video by GBNews
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October 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I hope that none of my friends or colleagues are OK with this:
"Mosaico Sefardi" Clarinet and Piano
An original composition based on medieval ladino themes.
Sheet music $5.95 / Listening absolutely free!
An original composition based on medieval ladino themes.
Sheet music $5.95 / Listening absolutely free!
Mosaico Sefardi | J.W. Pepper
<p>An original composition based on medieval ladino themes.</p>
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October 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Mosaico Sefardi" Clarinet and Piano
An original composition based on medieval ladino themes.
Sheet music $5.95 / Listening absolutely free!
An original composition based on medieval ladino themes.
Sheet music $5.95 / Listening absolutely free!
Here's a report from John Aziz, a reliable source I follow regularly. He's a British Palestinian writer and peace activist. His works have previously appeared in The Atlantic, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, Quillette, and The Dispatch.
Hamas Doesn’t Believe in Peace
There will be no lasting resolution to this conflict, John Aziz writes, without the total elimination of Hamas’s capacity for violence, coercion, and control over the Palestinian population.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Here's a report from John Aziz, a reliable source I follow regularly. He's a British Palestinian writer and peace activist. His works have previously appeared in The Atlantic, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, Quillette, and The Dispatch.
Os invito, este sábado 11:00 AM (hora de Colombia)
October 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Os invito, este sábado 11:00 AM (hora de Colombia)
Looks as though the people who supported Hamas and engaged in hatred against Jews, no matter how much they tried to slice and dice that hatred, are gonna get their comeuppance pretty soon.
Those who stayed silent should stay silent.
Those who stayed silent should stay silent.
The Hostages Return Home and the Lies Fall Apart
For the ‘ceasefire now’ crowd, the end of the fighting in Gaza has been a bit of a drag, writes Eli Lake
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October 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Looks as though the people who supported Hamas and engaged in hatred against Jews, no matter how much they tried to slice and dice that hatred, are gonna get their comeuppance pretty soon.
Those who stayed silent should stay silent.
Those who stayed silent should stay silent.
"Turquesa" from my song cycle LAS PIEDRAS DEL CIELO with poetry by Pablo Neruda. Sheet music $2.25. Listening to the music - Free!
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October 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"Turquesa" from my song cycle LAS PIEDRAS DEL CIELO with poetry by Pablo Neruda. Sheet music $2.25. Listening to the music - Free!
My shiksa mother took me to Hebrew school and her missionary father took me to his favorite Black Baptist church. Years later, a summer of Hindu practice while studying gamelan in Bali helped me pull these threads together. The more I learn, the less I'm able to check off boxes.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My shiksa mother took me to Hebrew school and her missionary father took me to his favorite Black Baptist church. Years later, a summer of Hindu practice while studying gamelan in Bali helped me pull these threads together. The more I learn, the less I'm able to check off boxes.
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English Studies in Latin America published an article that became a key section of my next scholarly book, Aimed at the Big Apple. I'm putting the final touches on it now. Meanwhile, "Making Music Mean" is still up:
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October 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
English Studies in Latin America published an article that became a key section of my next scholarly book, Aimed at the Big Apple. I'm putting the final touches on it now. Meanwhile, "Making Music Mean" is still up:
Tragically, there exist many more such
People for whom we must seek and restore:
Margarita Prokopenko is one,
Omri Miran, too, and still we’re not done…
People for whom we must seek and restore:
Margarita Prokopenko is one,
Omri Miran, too, and still we’re not done…
Unheroic Couplets | Dissident Voice
No innocent civilian should ever Endure bondage, feel the pain of torture, Suffer the stings of humiliation, Know the loneliness of isolation. No person should be deprived of loved ones, Not parents, ...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Tragically, there exist many more such
People for whom we must seek and restore:
Margarita Prokopenko is one,
Omri Miran, too, and still we’re not done…
People for whom we must seek and restore:
Margarita Prokopenko is one,
Omri Miran, too, and still we’re not done…
This poem made some people furious! That made me happy.
Before seeing those responses, I feared that I had been too subtle.
Before seeing those responses, I feared that I had been too subtle.
Small Story in the News | Dissident Voice
Tens of thousands dead. Thirteen million displaced. Could be today’s worst atrocity. Where is this place? What do they call it? Who lives there? What color are its people? Do they have a religion? Wha...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This poem made some people furious! That made me happy.
Before seeing those responses, I feared that I had been too subtle.
Before seeing those responses, I feared that I had been too subtle.
"Ave María" - my poem in WestWard Quarterly
October 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"Ave María" - my poem in WestWard Quarterly
Heroic couplets for an unexpected heroine…
Lament for a Traditionalist | Dissident Voice
Today we speak of assassination, A tragedy, such a sad occasion. A well-known traditionalist, we mourn, Who cared for family values well worn Like clothing handed down from our parents And then passed...
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October 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Heroic couplets for an unexpected heroine…
My composition played by two splendid trombonists…
Serious Samba Marco Katz
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October 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My composition played by two splendid trombonists…
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"La reina del hielo" en Camino Real
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Vista de La reina del hielo
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October 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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"La reina del hielo" en Camino Real
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