April 2012
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Apr 20th
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“10. In a moment of being lost in thought something quite ephemeral arises, like...”
– Selections from Walter Benjamin’s journal entry from December 18th, 1927, “Highlights of the First Hashish Impression.”
Apr 20th
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux: Rosecrans Baldwin on... →
fsgbooks: There was a lot to observe in Paris about seduction, about the Parisian manner of seduction. If only because seduction was the base syrup of most exchanges, business or otherwise, along with confrontation. I found more lessons in my coworkers’ social-media updates than in watching lovers make out along the Seine—most of those lovers being tourists. Of course, plenty of French people...
Apr 20th
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“The world had been so clear, so transparent. That morning, the sun had squeezed...”
– A new translation of Marek Bieńczyk’s essay “Transparency,” published in April 2012 issue of Asymptote Journal.
Apr 19th
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“If you put a mutilated seagull carcass on stage during the second act, then it...”
– - David Henne, “Lesser-Known Chekovian Techniques” More Anton Pavlovich-inspired jokes: a comic by Hark! A Vagrant and a short sketch by Monty Python.
Apr 19th
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“Hana caraka data sawala padha jayanya maga bathanga TRANSLATION: There...”
– The Javanese alphabet, read sequentially, comprises a poem. What’s your language’s alphabet done lately?
Apr 18th
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