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“When I was nine years old, the world, too, was nine years old. At least, there was no difference between us, no opposition, no distance. We just tumbled around from sunrise to sunset, earth and body as alike as two pennies. And there was never a harsh word between us, for the simple reason that there were no words at all between us; we never uttered a word to each other, the world and I. Our relationship was beyond language—and thus also beyond time. We were one big space (which was, of course, a very small space).”

— Inger Christensen, The Condition of Secrecy

#writing

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Columbia University students at the Gaza solidarity encampment reading Wisam Rafeedie's The Trinity of Fundamentals and Ghassan Kanafani's The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine (ph. Ian Bartlett).

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June 24, 1968: Fans of the boxer Manuel Ramos cheered his entry into the ring, where he was beaten by Joe Frazier in two rounds in the brand new Madison Square Garden. “At the bell ending the first round, both gladiators were rewarded with an ovation,” reported The Times. “The wild-eyed crowd, announced as 10,785, included about 500 Mexican visitors. Many of the Mexicans wore straw sombreros with ‘Ramos’ and their idol’s nickname, ‘Pulgarcito,’ stitched on the brims.” Photo: Larry C. Morris/The New York Times

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Read it and weep

Bookplate by Roland Beier, Germany, Unknown year

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from "11 POEMS—TITLES BY AZIZ SHIHAB—FROM HIS NOTEBOOKS" as featured in Naomi Shihab Nye's Transfer: Poems

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just realized that i've been going for walks much less ever since i stopped smoking weed for general health reasons bc i used to take my vape out with me and go around the neighbourhood, listen to my music, look at the trees and vibe for like an hour. do i return to one vice so that i can give up another i.e. not being active and not getting fresh air? please no one suggest a third option of going for walks sober because it is way more boring

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Excerpt from "Short Talks" by Anne Carson

[text ID: Day after day I think of you as soon as I wake up. Someone has put cries of birds on the air like jewels.]

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I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale (Sergio Martino, 1973)

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Pequeñas Delicias De La Vida Conyugal, Sui Generis.

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Parade for Peace / 1967 Photos by Dick McIntyre for the Underground Press Syndicate.

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I walked on clumsily, slipping on the ice now and then. The big unbroken trees sprayed like unclear fountains towards the mist. Through the centre of each jet of clouded crystal the black branch was threaded. The trees were lovely and frightening to look at. I tried not to feel afraid of the trees. Dear God, let me not start being afraid of things in the natural world. It's only the human world that is truly fearful.

– Anna Kavan, from “Ice Storm,” Machines in the Head: Selected Stories (NYRB, 2019)

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columbia administration is threatening to call in the national guard tonight

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#i locked you in this body / i meant it as a kind of trial #Youtube

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Fernando Pessoa

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Also on August 9, 1974: President Nixon resigned. With that, the wind down of deportation proceedings against John Lennon began. Surveillance of him under Attorney General John Mitchell had begun in early 1972, following the December 1971 John Sinclair benefit. With a re-election year looming and newly-enfranchised 18 year olds as part of the mix, the administration would take no chances on testing the political sway of an ex-Beatle. Using his October 1968 drug conviction as a pretext, John was labeled an “undesirable” and targeted for deportation. Though public support was brought to bear, the stress of the case did impact him (and his art) during the period. Once Nixon was gone, the prosecution continued, though perhaps without the same urgency; George used his December 1974 visit to the White House to petition President Ford personally but once set in motion, it was difficult to stop. But October 1975 saw John win his case against the government on the grounds of “selective prosecution” (convicted murderers had an easier time getting in and out of the country than John did), and in July 1976 - just weeks after the nation celebrated the Bicentennial - John received his long-coveted “Green Card” (blue, actually) that empowered him to cross the US border freely. * * * * 

#thank you woodward + bernstein