V-J Day kiss in Times Square, 1945
October 8, 2016 17:36After four years of blackout, all the lights in Time Square went on as Mayor LaGuardia announced the Japanese surrender. In a celebration mirrored around the world, the New Yorkers took to the Squa…
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It is dogs who trained humans, not the other way round
October 8, 2016 17:26When I was 10, I was obsessed with a memoir by Australian author Mary Elwyn Patchett, Ajax the Warrior, which told how she found, raised and went walkabout with a fierce but loyal half-dingo pup in the outback.
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The Doll — Hans Bellmer — Biblioklept
October 8, 2016 17:10
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The story of a gift. 200 1st Avenue (2014-2016): A film by Conrad Ventur — Yvette Greslé – minor literature[s]
October 8, 2016 17:04I gave her a pink bandana. She carried it with her and when the seat of her bike started to tear, she used it to cover the seat. I guess it’s safe to say that Pink Seat is also the story of a gift.…
I wanted to be
October 8, 2016 17:02
i wanted to be your sylvia plath
your wounded wordsmith
brilliant and neglected
the melancholy mood
lingering between us
perfect for
composing prose
the damp air
of the English countryside
tainted by
carbon monoxide
good thing
you didn’t light the birthday candles
–
i wanted to be your anaïs nin
your erotic iconoclast
uncaged and courageous
the feverish fantasies
imagined passions
perfect for
escaping
the bitter realities
the mind’s vulgarities
spilled across
crisp journal pages
good thing
you didn’t catch that little bird
–
i wanted to be your virginia woolf
your fluent femininst
observant and obsolete
standing at
the banks of your river
waiting to be baptized
before finding
a room of one’s own
inside myself
good thing
you didn’t explore that lighthouse
–
a.duncan 2016
