Tag Archives: USA

1919: Temptation

Posted on November 19, 2018 by corvusfugit

John Covert: Temptation of Saint Anthony # 2 (1919)

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2017: Walt Whitman’s House

Posted on October 30, 2018 by corvusfugit

Marsden Hartley: Walt Whitman’s House, 328 Mickle Street, Camden, New Jersey (c. 1905) From 2017 Google Streetview: Whitman’s house today—now 328 Dr Martin Luther King Blvd—and the view from its windows, Camden County Jail: We two, how long we were … Continue reading →

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2018: The Sky

Posted on October 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

Last week. See more here.

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1868: Definition

Posted on October 20, 2018 by corvusfugit

From Wikipedia: Tsundoku (Japanese: 積ん読) is acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one’s home without reading them. The term originated in the Meiji era (1868–1912) as Japanese slang. It combines elements of tsunde-oku (積んでお, to pile things … Continue reading →

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1872: Long Branch

Posted on October 11, 2018 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Beach at Long Branch: Sunrise (1872)

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1939: That Mighty Obstruction

Posted on October 7, 2018 by corvusfugit

Ernest Vincent Wright’s 1939 novel, Gadsby, was written without words that contain the letter “e.” Here is the opening: If youth, throughout all history, had had a champion to stand up for it; to show a doubting world that a … Continue reading →

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1994: You Bomb You!

Posted on September 21, 2018 by corvusfugit

Allen Ginsberg throwing out the first pitch at a San Francisco Giants game on June 1, 1994. The team had invited him to be the first in a “City of Poets” series in which writers read their work before games. … Continue reading →

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2006: WHEN I AM WITH PEOPLE I AM BOTHERED BY HEARING VERY QUEER THINGS

Posted on September 9, 2018 by corvusfugit

WHEN I AM WITH PEOPLE I AM BOTHERED BY HEARING VERY QUEER THINGS I went to the pillar-box I never saw a worse-looking house in town or in hunting zones “welcome to girly hell” turn her out because her necklace … Continue reading →

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2018: The Sky

Posted on September 5, 2018 by corvusfugit

A few days ago. See more here.

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1974: Author Awarded Avocado

Posted on September 4, 2018 by corvusfugit

The opening of Walter Abish’s 1974 novel, Alphabetical Africa: Ages ago, Alex, Allen and Alva arrived at Antibes, and Alva allowing all, allowing anyone, against Alex’s admonition, against Allen’s angry assertion: another African amusement . . . anyhow, as all … Continue reading →

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