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bookmarked (Ig, NY: 2017): things forgotten because at the time perfectly usual

bookmarked (Ig, NY: 2017): things forgotten because at the time perfectly usual

Hotel lobbies and bars late at night, things you did and for a time forgot because at the time these things were perfectly usual. — David Ryan, Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano, 135 I studied Under the Volcano for Chris Ackerley's English class at Otago University in

I am outside light on a square white world

I am outside light on a square white world

(see @ outside light for information about this site.) thanks to the mighty concierging services of ghost (thanks, Nick), my weblog project squarewhiteworld, 2006 - 2025, hosted by kitt@version, has completed its migration. Please enjoy You can sponsor outside light by setting up a paid subscription (see subscribe button) or

excerpting The Subplot, Megan Walsh’s report on China’s literature, 2022

Literature is perhaps the art form most able to resist the kind of oversimplification required by polarized political debate. While it can be tied with social, political, and economic ideas, it also stands as what literary critic Cai Xiang says is an “independent system” that builds “a structure of feeling.

2 excerpts, from books to return to 🅰 “I’m not that into theater” 🅱 “feverish selfishness, and shit.”

I’m not that into theater. I think its prevalence is just a way of opposing the advance of technology. However, I’ve always thought that covering and uncovering the stage with a curtain is an unbeatable innovation. It’s the trembling of the cloth from the light touch of

Octavio Paz ~ Duración | Duration ~ from Salamandra | Salamander (1958 – 1961)

Octavio Paz ~ Duración | Duration ~ from Salamandra | Salamander (1958 – 1961)

Trueno y viento: duración I Ching I Negro el cielo Amarilla la tierra El gallo desgarra la noche El agua se levanta y pregunta la hora El viento se levanta y pregunta por ti Pasa un caballo blanco II Como el bosque en su lecho de hojas tú duermes en

Every Arc Bends Its Radian, Sergio De La Pava. 𝄐krimi𝄐politico𝄐terror&horripilation𝄐hagiographic detour𝄐pretentio

Sergio de la Pava’s book became involved in a series of déjà vus before the fact. This sign 𝄐 features heavily in the last part. I’d used it at outside light. There were other things. A line on constriction, after I’d just written a line about a fabulous

the Line vs. Shibam

The first phase of the Line will be named Hidden Marina and will stretch 2.5 km (1.5 miles) over the desert. It will rise to a height of 500 m (1,640 ft) and will be made up of three individual modular segments, with a mirrored exterior. Its