Essay
By Ed Simon
Yuki Tanaka draws on the tradition of Japanese surrealism in Chronicle of Drifting.
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By Jennifer Jean
She sought to elevate unheard voices and expand the reach of art and of poetry.
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By Fanny Howe
Infinite nesting
pushes all matter
towards emptiness:
child-nodes,
tree-droppings
with a root element of null....
pushes all matter
towards emptiness:
child-nodes,
tree-droppings
with a root element of null....
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In the first episode, Gabrielle Calvocoressi invites listeners to make a web.
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Plants and rocks lay under night sky; ground is a subject of sky; the relation's a force...
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together.
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I’m almost always lying
In a
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poem
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Translated By Kit Schluter
After tonight, what’s left of you is you moving into my
dream
After tonight, what’s left of you is you moving into my
dream
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By Paul Tran
Once I learned I could have the last word
I couldn’t stop having
I couldn’t stop having
it.
Once I learned I could have the last word
I couldn’t stop having
I couldn’t stop having
it.
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Translated By Chun Yu
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By Shara McCallum
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