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The Art of Poetry No. 117
By Rosmarie Waldrop“It puzzles me that people say my work is difficult. If you read it, it’s very simple.”
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Interviews
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Rabelaisian Enumerations: On Lists
By Andrew Hui“Lists beget lists.”
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On Books
Sissy Spacek
By Mark Leidner“Freddie Mercury / Venus Williams / Bruno Mars”
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Poetry
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Mallarmé’s Poetry of the Void
By Quentin Meillassoux“Did Poetry take place?”
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Afrika
By Ayé Aton“From the nineties to his death, Aton composed hundreds of smaller-scale acrylics on paper and canvas.”
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Art & Photography
The Art of Fiction No. 264
By Javier Cercas“Literature is pleasure and knowledge, like sex. It’s useful only so long as one doesn’t set out to make it useful.”
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Interviews
Unit One
By Caleb Crain“There is a nothing sound that rooms make that is easier to hear when a room is empty.”
