[Dialogue] From The New Yorker: The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author

[James Wiegel]

You said:  “ We went to the library - not google”

Probably wrote out notes or egad! typed them as well

Jim Wiegel
“…the long work
of turning their lives
into a celebration
is not easy. Come and let us talk“. 

The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver


> On Nov 20, 2022, at 6:14 PM, Ken Fisher <kenfisher1942 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Wow! Thank-you, James.
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> What fun!
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> Half-century ago, in 1972 in the Madison House, our contribution to the Social Process research (Summer ’72) was of the 9 continents, we drew Middle East. Of the four time periods, we drew before 2000 BC. Of the three parts of the Social Process, we drew economic.
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> Our researched hero was Sargon the Great - the inventor of money. We went to the library - not google.
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> At this moment, Wikipedia doesn’t seem to reference this. As you do, James, it does reference his daughter.
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> "Some scholars believe that the priestess was also the world’s first recorded author. A clay tablet preserves the words of a long narrative poem: “I took up my place in the sanctuary dwelling, / I was high priestess, I, Enheduanna.” In Sumer, the ancient civilization of southern Mesopotamia where writing originated, texts were anonymous. If Enheduanna wrote those words, then she marks the beginning of authorship, the beginning of rhetoric, even the beginning of autobiography. To put her precedence in perspective, she lived fifteen hundred years before Homer, seventeen hundred years before Sappho, and two thousand years before Aristotle, who is traditionally credited as the father of the rhetorical tradition.”
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> Here is her poetry. http://www.thehypertexts.com/Enheduanna%20Poetry%20Modern%20English%20Translations%20Temple%20Hymns%20Exaltation%20of%20Inanna%20.htm
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> She influenced the bible.
> https://historyandarchaeologyonline.com/enheduanna-politician-priestess-poet-and-scientist/
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> Like Moses, and others, she was found floating in bull rushes.
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> Here’s to death - and here’s to life. 
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> I so love being 80. I love being in love again. Mary friended me just over six months ago. In her teens she read St. John & Theresa. Lucky us.
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> See my Facebook page. Here's the fabulous video of Mary singing to me eight days ago.
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> https://www.facebook.com/ken.fisher.9828/?show_switched_toast=0&show_invite_to_follow=0&show_switched_tooltip=0&show_podcast_settings=0&show_community_transition=0&show_community_review_changes=0&show_community_rollback=0&show_follower_visibility_disclosure=0
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> For the ages, here’s my rock-carved inscription.
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> Oh, Oh, Mary Farrar... I love you!
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> Here's to our challenging ageism and promoting healthy sensuality at any age.
> 'Lovers in a dangerous time?’ Yes.
> In climate change, Indigenous Reconciliation, and white nationalism, we proclaim our love.
> 
> Oh, Oh, Mary Farrar... I love you!
> 
> " ... love cannot be a gift given on the basis of a complete lack of risk."
> Alain Badiou - In Praise of Love
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> Ken Fisher
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> 80 & 82
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>> On Nov 20, 2022, at 7:22 PM, James Wiegel via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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>> I have never heard of this poetess …The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author
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>> The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author
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>> The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author
>> Condé Nast
>> Decades ago, archeologists discovered the work of Enheduanna, an ancient priestess who seemed to alter the story...
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>> 
>> Jim Wiegel
>> “…the long work
>> of turning their lives
>> into a celebration
>> is not easy. Come and let us talk“. 
>> The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver
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