Bluth (sketch by Anna Kavan)

If I could have dinner with 3 people in the literary world, they would be: Geoffrey Chaucer Angela Carter Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz Who are you inviting?

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I just published Corpse Between the Covers — a new novel from Scott Dunlop medium.com/p/corpse-between-…

Got into Weldon Kees thanks to Twitter (thanks @BorisDralyuk.) This poem has a horribly contemporary tone.

The short-lived (alas!) Swedenborg Review (four issues) has some great pieces, including a translation of Jöe Bousquet's wonderful 1949 piece on Swedenborg's influence on Rimbaud, in issue 3. Swedenborg Review – Swedenborg Society share.google/ZOoyBBiVErYq3JV…

50s: Naked Lunch 60s: The Atrocity Exhibition 70s: The Passion of New Eve 80s: The Place of Dead Roads 90s: The Course of the Heart 2000s: The Books of Jacob

Freud as Vaudeville elephant.

Every fragment a provocation to Freud (sheltering Western Philosophy in the skirts of his coat) in The Lost Writings of Kafka.

Ernest Hemingway is another model. in his interviews he seems to acknowledge this. that is why judging/blaming an artist for his failings as a human being is not seeing entirely the whole picture. just as a scientific discovery becomes detached from a less-than-ideal personality so too great works of art, or perhaps even not-great works of art, arise out of the flawed artist through vision, diligence, hard work.

RT @MacaesBruno: I wrote a personal essay on what it has meant for me witnessing events in Gaza since October 2023. I would be grateful if…

Read how a South African fugitive became a major player in the Chinese mafia targeting Americans -- and how he came to outrank a minister in Thailand -- the most complete case of state capture in modern history. 4/4 whalehunting.projectbrazen.c…

being dumb is neither a moral failing nor a conspiracy.

How Ethiopian immigrants have converted inner-city Johannesburg into an inland port: a story worth the attention of @GreatDismal share.google/DSarV8wGZj6JEeK…

In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce a South African-American(!) businessman and social media figure, Elon Musk (@elonmusk). He's best-known for being the wealthiest man in the world, running Tesla Inc., SpaceX & Twitter, and for parroting Kremlin's propaganda narratives. 1/24

Today we celebrate the 105th anniversary of the great Polish victory at the Battle of Warsaw in 1920. The Polish Army, together with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Army’s westward march, safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution. For centuries, Russian imperialism has been a mortal threat to our freedom. Poland’s political tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of domestic despotism, in which the only free man is the ruler himself. But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy of freedom, Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an alliance of free peoples. My nation halted Russian imperialism at Orsha (1514), Klushino (1610) and Warsaw (1920). The Polish people know that resisting Russian imperialism is not merely an economic matter – it concerns the very essence of human and national freedom. Freedom is priceless. It can neither be bought nor sold. It must be defended. This is the Polish tradition, stretching back to the 15th century. I invite all who cherish freedom and peace to join my fellow Poles on August 15 in celebrating the halting of despotism and the defense of liberty. That is why we will never surrender to Russian imperialism, and why we stand with Ukraine in defending its freedom – to make Europe whole, free, and at peace once again. Russia is not unstoppable. Russia is not undefeatable.

Props for street theatre.