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April 18, 2019 - Uncategorized

“Literature is that which denounces and slashes apart the repressing machine at the level of the signified.”

Happy birthday, Kathy Acker! Here are some quotes from her writing. “At a certain point I realized that the ‘I’…

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April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Reading, Writing

“Death and indestructible existence / In that Jazz corner of life”

Happy birthday, Bob Kaufman! Here are some of his poems.   Walking Parker Home Sweet beats of jazz impaled on…

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April 18, 2019October 22, 2025 - Archives, Books, Nonfiction, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Only a Cry Absent Its Mouth, by Tyrone Williams

Juxtaposition and parataxis are key techniques of composition across the traditional genres of fiction, drama, and poetry. The former refers…

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