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Literature in Translation, Poetry, Photography, Kayaking, Forest Meandering, Adventures with Charlie. 'Standing, smiling On some fantasy island.' - elliott smith Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada

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Made a contribution just now to Filipino BC & The Filipino Centre. If you're moved to do likewise in solidarity with the Filipino community in the wake of last night's mass murder, donations can be received at the following link:

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Stunned into silence after reading this profoundly original and haunting prose poem of a novel.

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My fave Sabbath album. My earliest memory of Sabbath is being terrified and transfixed listening to the crackling vinyl playing 'Hand of Doom' from 'Paranoid' one September afternoon in Grade 7, high on hash oil at JB's dimly-lit apartment. Thanks, John Darnielle. @themountaingoats.bsky.social

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"I might never be able to let go of Free to Be...You and Me, even though the world has never quite lived up to its view, least of all now.” What cultural touchstones influenced your view of the world? An Oldster Friday Open Thread. oldster.substack.com/p/free-to-be...

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A very special essay out with @grantamag.bsky.social. It’s about worship, China, patterns, food deliveries, burials, divinations, gorges, moths, padded bras, and silk worms. To see how it all connects, please give this a read — and share if you enjoyed it 🙏 granta.com/the-secret-p...

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We are heart-broken to have had to say goodbye to our love, Molly. She had many nicknames: Mollywog, Lil' Bruiser, Lil' Owl. She has gone to be with the love of her life, Boo, who moved on some years ago. Rest in peace, Molly. We miss you so much and love you forever.

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" The air has all at once become edible. Only those who have breathed it can understand the merit of this term. The lungs become an instrument of cognition." Ennemonde by Jean Giono. Translated from the French by Bill Johnston. Archipelago Books.

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Next Wednesday join some amazing writers, publishers, and translators to celebrate the Republic of Consciousness Prize and this year's longlist. On Zoom. Link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/8636426865...

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Charlie Barker at the beach.

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Visceral and haunting.

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Charlie in the snow.

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Snow on the Salish sea.

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"Is it too late for me to return to university to do paleoanthropology, I wondered to John yesterday. And he said, It depends on how serious you are about doing it."

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Glorious rant.

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Assembling stone material for the David Lynch Memorial Lettuce and Herb Garden. #KeepitInteresting

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One evening in late June 1984, I sat alone inside the Seville Theatre on St. Catherine Street in downtown Montreal and watched my first David Lynch film: Eraserhead (1977). Rest in peace.