"Through shadow and fly buzz and the floating dust"
Coleman, Edson, Davis, Farris, Nakae
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Wanda Coleman:
Russell Edson:
Lydia Davis:
Katie Farris:
Toshio Nakae (tr. from Japanese by Takako Lento):
Rick and Morty, āOrdering a Pizzaā:
Derek Bailey, āRocking Chair,ā rec. 2002:
Great chair selections. Lydia Davis prose piece sums up university teaching with its description and repetition. I can't believe I didn't know Rick and Morty before today.
When I finished reading the Coleman and saw the Edson, I thought, āI bet Lydia Davis has written something cool about a chair.ā And then that was the next one after the Edson!
And hereās another āRocking Chairā for you, by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman:
https://youtu.be/C8RLzxjjK18