The New Literature of America, 1928.
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October 27, 2011
October 24, 2011
Marianne Moore, Poems, from The Egoist Press, 1921.
October 16, 2011
October 14, 2011
Gatsby Le Magnifique. Traduit de l’angalais par Victor LLona, 1926.
October 13, 2011
October 10, 2011
October 10, 2011
"On my bed at night there is a copy of Shakespeare, a copy of Chaucer, an automatic pistol and a black muslin fan. This is my whole little world."
— Katherine Mansfield, from a letter to Ottoline Morrell (May 1921)
(Source: katherinemansfieldsociety.org, via theredshoes)
September 21, 2011
"Down to the Puritan marrow of my bones
There’s something in this richness that I hate.
I love the look, austere, immaculate,
Of landscapes drawn in pearly monotones."
There’s something in this richness that I hate.
I love the look, austere, immaculate,
Of landscapes drawn in pearly monotones."
— Elinor Wylie, from “Wild Peaches”
September 19, 2011
Oskar-Schlemmer
Konzentrische Gruppe (Figurenplan K 1) by Oskar-Schlemmer, 1922.
(via sittinginthekitchensink)
September 18, 2011
![Portrait of Miss Iris Tree by Augustus John, 1920.
(Via Dublin City Gallery)
[A poet and actress involved with the bohemian/Bloomsbury circles in the 1920’s, Iris would make an appearance some forty years later in Fellini’s La dolce vita.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrq9ukweVJ1qkmz0so1_500.jpg)
Portrait of Miss Iris Tree by Augustus John, 1920.
(Via Dublin City Gallery)
[A poet and actress involved with the bohemian/Bloomsbury circles in the 1920’s, Iris would make an appearance some forty years later in Fellini’s La dolce vita.]
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“awkwardly we bump into stars
we see nothing we hear nothing
we beat with our fists on the dark ether”— Zbigniew Herbert, from “First the Dog,” trans.... -
“Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.”
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“So, I say, what of the night, the terrible night?”— Djuna Barnes, Nightwood
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Federico Hurtado.
Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo
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Erté Harper’s Bazaar cover; perfect for this time of year.
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Pelagio Palagi, Unfinished Portrait, 19th century
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These images come from the fabled manuscript, ‘Liber Floridus’ (Book of Flowers), a Medieval encyclopædia produced some 900 years ago...
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