I wrote about the burning of books.—
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Two different versions of clouds by Saul Steinberg. His emphasis on concept made the development of a late style unlikely. He would have kept changing, moving, and playing... and this makes me wonder if late style is irrelevant to conceptual work more generally?

US-made munitions were used in deadly strike on Rafah tent camp, CNN analysis shows - serial numbers point to a Boeing plant in California cnn.com/middleeast/liv…

Signing a bomb has got to be one of the most cold-blooded things a person can do.

sorry this is the funniest bumper sticker I've ever seen in my life

Sent novel #4 to my agent today 🥳

It’s the last novel focused on the Czech / Colombian family of #2 & #3

It’s the most essayistic of my novels — with chapters on Mezzanine, Taryn Simon, Process Pieces — which also contains the longest sentence I’ve ever written (100 pages)

“Israeli society should say in a loud and clear voice that we are opposed to these acts,” Suf Patishi said of the recent attacks on convoys. “It’s not a lot to ask, not to die from hunger, you know.”

Check out this article about our humanitarian guard >>

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Gillian Rose

Today we're thrilled to finally announce I SING, out July 26 on Keeled Scales. 'Best Witness' is out now with a music video by Trent Wayne. Watch / listen / preorder: linktr.ee/sinaivessel

Thank you all so, so much -- enjoy!

Breaking News: A UN court ordered Israel to end its Rafah operation, adding to international pressure on Israel even as the court has no means of enforcement. nyti.ms/3QXXs5S

It's not just Justice Alito.

Here's the 'Appeal to Heaven' flag flying outside of conservative powerbroker Leonard Leo's home in Maine.

Photo taken by a nearby resident who shared it with @ProPublica and gave us permission to publish it. 1/x

The New York Times identified hundreds of civilians abducted in the largest campaign of forced disappearances of the war in Afghanistan. It all led back to Abdul Raziq, one of America’s most important partners in the war against the Taliban. nyti.ms/4brVaUF

'It struck me then that the readers who come closest to the essence of Kafka’s singular vision are those who recognize the irony of taking a proprietary attitude toward a writer so faithful to his own non-belonging.' nytimes.com/2024/05/23/boo…

Year-end Market at Sensōji temple, by Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1881

Sick tune from an absolutely killer album

Shiba Park, from 1953 Calendar for the Pacific Transport Lines, by Kawase Hasui, 1930

Full Autumn Moon over Emonzaka near Shin-Yoshiwara, from Famous Places in the Eastern Capital, by Utagawa Hiroshige, late 1830s-early 1840s