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Yuki Tanaka draws on the tradition of Japanese surrealism in Chronicle of Drifting.
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She sought to elevate unheard voices and expand the reach of art and of poetry.
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A trip to Kyoto. I wear a mask and read Snow Country on the train, feeling disinfected and happy. The alert is set off and the train stops in the middle of a rice field. The jingling of my apartment...
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My father leapt on stage at the Hollywood Bowl
to grab drum and cymbal sticks
from a star—he wanted to be
a star, a door, a Door. White. Security
thugs dragged him off
John Densmore. He saw doors everywhere, he saw Doors
everywhere—at the Whisky,
the Beanery,...
to grab drum and cymbal sticks
from a star—he wanted to be
a star, a door, a Door. White. Security
thugs dragged him off
John Densmore. He saw doors everywhere, he saw Doors
everywhere—at the Whisky,
the Beanery,...
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in the nest of mountains’ thick hair.
You try to name every tree that looks...
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After tonight, what’s left of you is you moving into my
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After tonight, what’s left of you is you moving into my
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Once I learned I could have the last word
I couldn’t stop having
I couldn’t stop having
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Once I learned I could have the last word
I couldn’t stop having
I couldn’t stop having
it.
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