"Himself have not a Face"

Ryan, Twichell, Hughes, Dickinson, Kafka, The Bad Plus

Kay Ryan:

Chase Twichell:

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Langston Hughes:

Emily Dickinson:

But silence is infinity - / Himself have not a Face -

Franz Kafka, January 8, 1914 (tr. from German by Ross Benjamin):

The Bad Plus, “Silence is the Question,” rec. 2003:

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