mark iosifescu
@iosifescu.biz
writer // editor // member of a band that's hard to describe
dream assignment complete
“We’re back in pulp fiction wonderland, the fleeting apocalyptic allusions having been yoinked offstage by a vaudeville hook from the wings.” New online: Mark Iosifescu (@iosifescu.biz) on Thomas Pynchon’s SHADOW TICKET.
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Using the Night | Mark Iosifescu
Maybe you know the drill: metahistorical intrigue and antiauthoritarian politics; several deep benches’ worth of quirky characters toting loudly emblematic affectations and not-strictly-probable names...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
dream assignment complete
i've had two ideas recently
July 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
i've had two ideas recently
my essay on Peter Weiss’s THE AESTHETICS OF RESISTANCE, as seen in the newest issue of The Whitney Review markiosifescu.substack.com/p/essay-the-...
ESSAY // the aesthetics of resistance
“it is the principle of art to do something, although the odds are against it.”
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July 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
my essay on Peter Weiss’s THE AESTHETICS OF RESISTANCE, as seen in the newest issue of The Whitney Review markiosifescu.substack.com/p/essay-the-...
this is the one i thought of
Glad to have been on the planet at the same time as Brian Wilson. Some of the greatest music ever made www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTif...
Surf's Up Brian Wilson Solo Performance 1966 (Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution)
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June 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this is the one i thought of
some fiction about cassette-foisting from the new issue of LCD markiosifescu.substack.com/p/fiction-sc...
FICTION // “scene report” in LCD #28
“you're saying your music is... smug and incoherent?”
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May 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
some fiction about cassette-foisting from the new issue of LCD markiosifescu.substack.com/p/fiction-sc...
real hairlines have curves
April 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
real hairlines have curves
good day to break out the corvo
April 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
good day to break out the corvo
this week on the sub: some juvenile pynchonalia
FICTION // ill tomb era
“ja ja.” “oui oui.” “da da.”
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April 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
this week on the sub: some juvenile pynchonalia
wrote another longass essay on scene politics and countercultural arcana
ESSAY // lettrism + the failure of aesthetic action
“We had to demolish Charlie Chaplin, but it was a directly political issue.”
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April 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
wrote another longass essay on scene politics and countercultural arcana
im trying to get into survivor romania.. hmu if you also party
April 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
im trying to get into survivor romania.. hmu if you also party
what we talk about when we talk about rutabaga
March 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
what we talk about when we talk about rutabaga
edited the first english translation of the legendary SAGA DE XAM, out in june
Nicolas Devil and Jean Rollin - Saga De Xam. Book. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Saga De Xam by Nicolas Devil and Jean Rollin on Mexican Summer & Anthology. Book.
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March 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
edited the first english translation of the legendary SAGA DE XAM, out in june
a little in-progress fiction on student protests, state violence, and mannequins markiosifescu.substack.com/p/fiction-br...
FICTION // brinkmann 2000
“like a holster under a silk nightie. it was almost too much to think about.”
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March 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
a little in-progress fiction on student protests, state violence, and mannequins markiosifescu.substack.com/p/fiction-br...
wrote a little about the book that has thoroughly wrecked my shit markiosifescu.substack.com/p/psa-the-ae...
PSA // the aesthetics of resistance
“Oh Heracles... how are we supposed to stand our ground without you by our side”
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March 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
wrote a little about the book that has thoroughly wrecked my shit markiosifescu.substack.com/p/psa-the-ae...
last day at the job.. stole a stapler for form’s sake
March 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
last day at the job.. stole a stapler for form’s sake
that said if this were just an aesthetics of resistance account, i wouldn’t be bummed
March 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
that said if this were just an aesthetics of resistance account, i wouldn’t be bummed
after months of peter weiss, a little palate cleanse this morning
March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
after months of peter weiss, a little palate cleanse this morning
Reposted by mark iosifescu
Designed the cover and some chapter headings for OTHER NETWORKS, a very unique and captivating index of non-internet networks by Lori Emerson- Preorder open now from
Anthology Editions, check it out.
Edited by @iosifescu.biz
Anthology Editions, check it out.
Edited by @iosifescu.biz
📡 at very long last, today is the big day! my beloved book, OTHER NETWORKS: A RADICAL TECHNOLOGY SOURCEBOOK, is officially available for pre-order! 1/5 #othernetworks shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
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February 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Designed the cover and some chapter headings for OTHER NETWORKS, a very unique and captivating index of non-internet networks by Lori Emerson- Preorder open now from
Anthology Editions, check it out.
Edited by @iosifescu.biz
Anthology Editions, check it out.
Edited by @iosifescu.biz
cheers to @loriemerson.net on the release of OTHER NETWORKS, a beautiful and weird publication years in the making!!
📡 at very long last, today is the big day! my beloved book, OTHER NETWORKS: A RADICAL TECHNOLOGY SOURCEBOOK, is officially available for pre-order! 1/5 #othernetworks shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
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February 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
cheers to @loriemerson.net on the release of OTHER NETWORKS, a beautiful and weird publication years in the making!!
thank you prince tom!! it's true i wrote a very long essay markiosifescu.substack.com/p/essay-crea...
February 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
thank you prince tom!! it's true i wrote a very long essay markiosifescu.substack.com/p/essay-crea...
it’s true new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social !!
huge fan of 'Ladies of the Privy Chamber' by Mark Iosifescu @iosifescu.biz !! this story is about a group of women who destroy a church.
featuring: witches in masks, flames, a dancing beast
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featuring: witches in masks, flames, a dancing beast
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LADIES OF THE PRIVY CHAMBER by Mark Iosifescu
“There was a russet-coloured moon of ominous size too low above the whispering bushes; he danced exuberantly for five minutes beneath it after the click when his neck broke. His bowels opened. What a ...
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December 6, 2024 at 4:40 PM
it’s true new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social !!