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Walked out of the coffee shop and saw the neighbors were having a stoop sale–again. Last week I bought a copy of Derrida’ Writing and Difference as well as The Philip K. Dick Reader and a thick paperback book of erotic photography from Carroll & Graf. Today I picked up Sontag’s On Photography, Charles Simic’s book on Joseph Cornell, two volumes of Taschen’s 20th century erotic drawings, and Bruce Springsteen’s Pete Seeger sessions album with a bonus DVD. Total outlay: $4. (Aside: Why are these people apparently unloading all of their erotica? Why do I own all of it now?) Then I picked up the mail and found that my awesome new friend the publicist at Alfred A. Knopf, who earlier this week sent me Philip Levine’s new collection, News of the World, sent me two more books: Easy, a new collection of poems by Marie Ponsot, and Robert Altman: The Oral Biography by Michael Zuckoff. I’m excited about all these books, but maybe the Altman most of all. It’s cold and wet here in NYC and the train service is interrupted and pretty much everything sucks. And yet I feel like a million bucks. Thanks, literature!
you are welcome justin
you are welcome justin
interesting neighbors.
interesting neighbors.
since it was all so cheap, wanna off-load the Derrida and Sontag? Equalise the forces of the universe/chi/all dat shit?
since it was all so cheap, wanna off-load the Derrida and Sontag? Equalise the forces of the universe/chi/all dat shit?
That’s some heavy shit. Should be good reading. Take the last line from every book and join them in a poem and send it out. Could be a project?
That’s some heavy shit. Should be good reading. Take the last line from every book and join them in a poem and send it out. Could be a project?
how do you know that’s _all_ of their erotica? also, the sontag is awesome, but you won’t find it as erotic as you seem to think
how do you know that’s _all_ of their erotica? also, the sontag is awesome, but you won’t find it as erotic as you seem to think
Is _xyz_ the new “xyz” ? I’m trying to keep up.
Is _xyz_ the new “xyz” ? I’m trying to keep up.
it’s ital when you can’t figure out how to do ital. *bold* is bold
it’s ital when you can’t figure out how to do ital. *bold* is bold
*thank you* for taking my question seriously. I have been “missing” italics and bold here. Makes me rely too much on punctuation !!!**&%#^*! and CAPITAL LETTERS, which can be *obnoxious*.
I just want to be able to _express myself_ so that I will be “_understood_”.
*thank you* for taking my question seriously. I have been “missing” italics and bold here. Makes me rely too much on punctuation !!!**&%#^*! and CAPITAL LETTERS, which can be *obnoxious*.
I just want to be able to _express myself_ so that I will be “_understood_”.
Very nice literature day!
That’s why I love ebay and another market places btw: all people sell books, nobody buy it, that’s why the prices are serendipitously disproportionate to the content quality (in most cases).
I’m about to buy all the McSweeney’s products I can do in Germany.
/sorry for so many adverts in my commentar, it was unintentional, but indispensable.
Very nice literature day!
That’s why I love ebay and another market places btw: all people sell books, nobody buy it, that’s why the prices are serendipitously disproportionate to the content quality (in most cases).
I’m about to buy all the McSweeney’s products I can do in Germany.
/sorry for so many adverts in my commentar, it was unintentional, but indispensable.