"The tangents of desire"
Parra, Dickinson, Pope.L, Hughes, Crane, Rimbaud, Lorde, van Gogh
Nicanor Parra (trans. Miller Williams):
Emily Dickinson:
William Pope.L:
If there is a particular time for artists, it would be the past not the present. We are too afraid of the future and the present bores us. But the past is over, it’s already a commodity.
Langston Hughes:
Hart Crane:
Arthur Rimbaud (trans. Wyatt Mason):
Audre Lorde:
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, Oct. 22, 1882:
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