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Anybody’s Everybody

Juliana Spahr based on her reading of the autobiographies and the multilingual context of the composition of Stein’s work argues that It is not that Stein’s fragmentation is in itself necessarily revolutionary, but rather that her alignment of it with … Continue reading

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Not Choreography

Some one sitting there could invite ghosts to dance. He was sitting there almost like being a ghost himself. Almost ascending in a wheelchair. He had switched from composition by interrogation. Almost such a lovely word. A dip from the … Continue reading

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Weak Ties

Clive Thompson in Smarter Than You Think: How technology is changing our minds for the better in the chapter on “Ambient Awareness” rehearses the sociological literature on the strength of week ties; he does so along with compelling anecdotes from … Continue reading

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Under Observation

he would wander the halls not sure if the humming he was producing was for himself or some audience he would find beyond the doors the doors at the end of the hall a pair of doors would swing outwards … Continue reading

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Companions

Thanks to the generosity of Myrna Levy a copy of the Nelson reader Magic and Make-Believe is housed in the Lillian H. Smith Collection. Within its pages I found a delightfully engaging list of possible pets. Tagged as enriched content, … Continue reading

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Black Leather Jacket Hanging in a Closet

Found in an accordion file while listening to Vertigo by Groove Armada Could-have-beens are an intensity to shape between men with eyes. Possibilities pushed. The best tops are sceptics. Brush your body. Fuck your mind. Blinded. He can still see. … Continue reading

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Snap Shot

Cliché : Phototype négatif servant au tirage des épreuves. (Larousse) [T]he camera is not a machine, except when used mechanically. Clarence John Laughlin in New World Writing #15 Last lines from David O’Meara “Loot” in A Pretty Sight Every day … Continue reading

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Brotherly Exposure

Bonnie Devine in the appreciation written for Daphne Odjig‘s 95th Birthday and included in the catalogue of the exhibition at Phillip Gevik’s Gallery describes the painter’s style: Calligraphic, rhythmic in line, the forms emerge as if the artist’s brush has … Continue reading

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liminal deployments

An exhibition gave rise to an editorial. Stanley Schmidt in “Technology and Taste” takes his cue from a travelling exhibition about the life and work of William Morris. The Earthly Paradise: Arts and Crafts by William Morris and His Circle … Continue reading

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Taming the Cultural Beast

Adam Gopnik in The Museum Today (Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture No. 1) adopted for a piece in Walrus as “The Mindful Museum” arrives at his masterful proposal for the experience and the institution through a contrast between two … Continue reading

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