“The hands, what is it about the hands? Now I realized why I was so fixated on them. I had already applied my imagination to them once before, exactly six months earlier, when, in front of the television, I had long pondered whether these hands, whether the right papal hand―I always assumed he was a…Read more Friedrich Christian Delius & Bob Cantrick: From Die linke Hand des Papstes/ The pope’s left hand (excerpt & interview)
Nanni Balestrini: bisogna andarsene da qui/ we must leave here
bisogna andarsene da qui Nanni Balestrini bisogna andarsene da qui abitare il mondo intero non frammenti separati del mondo il mondo reale non è un oggetto è un processo qualsiasi cosa causa ogni altra cosa le cose devono entrare in noi l'istante è sempre una rinascita we must leave here Nanni Balestrini we must…Read more Nanni Balestrini: bisogna andarsene da qui/ we must leave here
Emanuela Cocco: Tu che eri ogni ragazza/ You who were every girl
Jungla suffers from aphasia. Jungla is quiet but violent, pretty but huge, Jungla has never been part of the world around her. Jungla has always been "outside the door waiting to be asked in." Tu che eri ogni ragazza Emanuela Cocco Jungla è Obelix. Questa è la sua categoria. Jungla la sente vibrare nel suono…Read more Emanuela Cocco: Tu che eri ogni ragazza/ You who were every girl
Catulle Mendès & Patricia Worth: Le Soir d’une fleur / A Flower’s Evening
"The passing poet has a duty to collect what remains of human joy, the sadness that is like the dregs of happy things; and from them he makes verses." Catulle Mendès Le Soir d’une fleur Catulle Mendès (1887) On l’avait jetée, pendant cette fête, de voiture en voiture ; lancée au hasard, attrapée,…Read more Catulle Mendès & Patricia Worth: Le Soir d’une fleur / A Flower’s Evening
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