Rene Char and Samuel Beckett. Both members of the French Resistance. They fought Nazis.
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Rene Char and Samuel Beckett. Both members of the French Resistance. They fought Nazis.
May 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
'The glacier gives back what it takes, they say...'
Ófeigur Sigurðsson. 'Öræfi: The Wasteland.' Tr. by Lytton Smith.
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Ófeigur Sigurðsson. 'Öræfi: The Wasteland.' Tr. by Lytton Smith.
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May 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
'The glacier gives back what it takes, they say...'
Ófeigur Sigurðsson. 'Öræfi: The Wasteland.' Tr. by Lytton Smith.
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Ófeigur Sigurðsson. 'Öræfi: The Wasteland.' Tr. by Lytton Smith.
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'And there is that other assumption, which is terribly dangerous - that we are constant, and that our reactions can be predicted.'
- Olga Tokarczuk. 'Flights.' Translated by Jennifer Croft.
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- Olga Tokarczuk. 'Flights.' Translated by Jennifer Croft.
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April 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
'And there is that other assumption, which is terribly dangerous - that we are constant, and that our reactions can be predicted.'
- Olga Tokarczuk. 'Flights.' Translated by Jennifer Croft.
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- Olga Tokarczuk. 'Flights.' Translated by Jennifer Croft.
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Bison. Photo by Greg DuBois.
April 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Bison. Photo by Greg DuBois.
'On its own ruins the poem stands and hopes.'
-Paul Celan. 'Microliths They Are, Little Stones: Posthumous Prose.' tr. by Pierre Joris.
-Paul Celan. 'Microliths They Are, Little Stones: Posthumous Prose.' tr. by Pierre Joris.
March 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
'On its own ruins the poem stands and hopes.'
-Paul Celan. 'Microliths They Are, Little Stones: Posthumous Prose.' tr. by Pierre Joris.
-Paul Celan. 'Microliths They Are, Little Stones: Posthumous Prose.' tr. by Pierre Joris.
Samuel Beckett. Recipient of the Croix de Guerre for his actions as part of the French Resistance fighting nazis.
March 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Samuel Beckett. Recipient of the Croix de Guerre for his actions as part of the French Resistance fighting nazis.
March 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
'Sth, I know that woman. She used to live with a flock of birds on Lenox Avenue.'
-Toni Morrison. 'Jazz.' 1992.
(Portrait taken by Deborah Feingold.)
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-Toni Morrison. 'Jazz.' 1992.
(Portrait taken by Deborah Feingold.)
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February 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
'Sth, I know that woman. She used to live with a flock of birds on Lenox Avenue.'
-Toni Morrison. 'Jazz.' 1992.
(Portrait taken by Deborah Feingold.)
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-Toni Morrison. 'Jazz.' 1992.
(Portrait taken by Deborah Feingold.)
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'So much we once coveted. So much
that would have saved us...'
-Tracy K. Smith. 'The Museum of Obsolescence.' From 'Life on Mars.' 2011.
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that would have saved us...'
-Tracy K. Smith. 'The Museum of Obsolescence.' From 'Life on Mars.' 2011.
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February 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
'So much we once coveted. So much
that would have saved us...'
-Tracy K. Smith. 'The Museum of Obsolescence.' From 'Life on Mars.' 2011.
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that would have saved us...'
-Tracy K. Smith. 'The Museum of Obsolescence.' From 'Life on Mars.' 2011.
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'Stranger No. 2.' Richard Lindner. 1958.
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'Stranger No. 2.' Richard Lindner. 1958.
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