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ZiN Daily

Jun 20, 2022

Toti O’Brien: Because Of Who He Is

Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/ADptk38K14g) 20.03.2022. Yours, Not Truly – reappraising Denis’ Chocolat In 1988, on release, Roger Ebert praised the subtlety and complexity of Claire Denis’ first feature movie, Chocolat. Those qualities apply to Denis’ work in general. Her films are so layered—and the layers so skillfully enmeshed—they indefinitely resonate, prompting ever-new questions and reflections. Ebert’s and the vast majority of commentaries,

Toti O’Brien: Alterations of Inner Atmospheres

ZiN Daily

Dec 29, 2021

Toti O’Brien: Alterations of Inner Atmospheres

Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/JfreQ9ybG50) 11.12.2021. JOAN OF ARC, 2 So, what did the forks say, she was asked. Not just forks, she replied, but all the silverware. Perhaps, forks in particular. Problem was she couldn’t make out the words, and it didn’t matter. She could not because the voices were distant. Somehow loud, but remote. Simultaneously shrill and soft, those voices were turned backwards, as if speaking of something that occurred and she

zvonainari

Dec 23, 2019

Mirror, Mirror: Toti O'Brien

Toti O'Brien is the Italian Accordionist with the Irish Last Name. She was born in Rome then moved to Los Angeles, where she makes a living as a self-employed artist, performing musician and professional dancer. Her work has most recently appeared in Wilderness House, The Hamilton Stone Review, Dragon Poet Review, and Atticus. MIRROR, MIRROR I have been long fascinated by authors writing in a language that isn’t their native one, or in more than a language. Being this also my

Toti O'Brien

Aug 24, 2017

Crux: Toti O'Brien

If we, the editors of ZiN Daily, were surprised to read this piece, in how it both tells and deconstructs a family fable with such permeating magical realist traits that make us question the meaning and borders of nonfiction, it should not surprise us that such a piece was written and submitted by someone who calls herself "the Italian Accordionist with the Irish Last Name." Toti O'Brien is the only such Toti we've ever known. In "Crux", the short but powerful piece presented

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