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Suburban knights

by E.F. Kitchen,

Lord Avery Westfall (marketing manager)

by E.F. Kitchen,

Vergus of Orkney (naval lead petty officer)

by E.F. Kitchen,

Lord Pierre von Vorman Rakogscy de Saint Germain (self-employed)

by E.F. Kitchen,

Going Once

From a catalogue produced by Hutter Auction Galleries for an auction of the estate of Jack Kevorkian, who died in June 2011. The auction was held in New York City…

Unregistered city no. 1

by Jiang Pengyi,

Extinct Anatomies

by Daniel Alarcón,

From the summer issue of Zoetrope. Alarcón’s “All Politics Is Local” appeared in the February issue of Harper’s Magazine. I was in Lima for the first half of that year.…

Parts and Labor

by Percival Willughby,

From Observations in Midwifery, by the English physician Percival Willughby, written around 1670 and published in 1863. One of two known copies of the book, which Willughby wrote “to inform…

Casting Aspersions

by David Wagoner,

By David Wagoner, from the Summer 2012 issue of The Georgia Review. Wagoner is the author of ten novels and twenty-four books of poems, including, most recently, After the Point…

The Address Book

by Sophie Calle,

In June 1983, Calle found an address book on the street in Paris and photocopied the contents before returning it to its owner, Pierre D. She then began to contact…

Group Think

by Ian F. (Ian Folke) Svenonius,

From Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ’n’ Roll Group, by Ian F. Svenonius, to be published in January by Akashic Books. Svenonius was the front man for several bands,…

Portrait of “Still Life with Beef, Bowl of Ham and Vegetables, and Receptacles” (after Melendez)

Art by Pieter Schoolwerth,

Bore of the Worlds

From a December 2008 email by the last UFO desk officer of the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence, included in files released in July by the British National Archives. The…

The Longest Days

by Richard Burton,

From actor Richard Burton’s diary entries recording a trip with his wife Elizabeth Taylor to visit Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in preparation for The Battle of Sutjeska, a 1973…

Roadside cow, Highway 1, Louisiana, 1998

by Richard Misrach,

Below the Belt

From emails sent in June to Michigan state legislator Lisa Brown after she spoke out against a bill restricting access to abortion. Brown ended her comments by saying, “Mr. Speaker,…

In Search of the Right to Vote

by Victoria Bassetti,

From Electoral Dysfunction, released in September by the New Press, in conjunction with a PBS documentary of the same name. The right of voting for representatives is the primary…

Ocelle

by Christopher Cahill,

Worried sisters

by Sigrid Nunez,

The damnedest things

by Takayuki Yamamoto,

Stink different

by Nate Hill,

Regime Changes

by Lamis Omar,

From emails sent last year, purportedly to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, by Lamis Omar, a Ph.D. student working as his translator. The emails were among hundreds recovered by WikiLeaks and…

No one looks the same

by Harper’s Staff,

Lake Union WA 4

by Matthew Brandt,

Rethinking the Kool-Aid

by Leigh Fondakowski,

Cold cocked

by G. Murray (George Murray) Levick,

Watching humans watching XIV

by Inka Lindergård, Niclas Holmström,

Chore List of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut,

From a January 26, 1947, contract between Kurt Vonnegut and his pregnant wife, Jane, to whom he had been married for sixteen months. Kurt Vonnegut: Letters, edited by Dan Wakefield,…

Brazil nots

by Harper’s Staff,

Corner with shadows, Wildwood, NJ

by Lisa Kereszi,

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Suburban knights

Lord Avery Westfall (marketing manager)

Vergus of Orkney (naval lead petty officer)

Lord Pierre von Vorman Rakogscy de Saint Germain (self-employed)

Going Once

Unregistered city no. 1

Extinct Anatomies

Parts and Labor

Casting Aspersions

The Address Book

Group Think

Portrait of “Still Life with Beef, Bowl of Ham and Vegetables, and Receptacles” (after Melendez)

Bore of the Worlds

The Longest Days

Roadside cow, Highway 1, Louisiana, 1998

Below the Belt

In Search of the Right to Vote

Ocelle

Worried sisters

The damnedest things

Stink different

Regime Changes

No one looks the same

Lake Union WA 4

Rethinking the Kool-Aid

Cold cocked

Watching humans watching XIV

Chore List of Champions

Brazil nots

Corner with shadows, Wildwood, NJ

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Readings

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Suburban knights

Lord Avery Westfall (marketing manager)

Vergus of Orkney (naval lead petty officer)

Lord Pierre von Vorman Rakogscy de Saint Germain (self-employed)

Going Once

Unregistered city no. 1

Extinct Anatomies

Parts and Labor

Casting Aspersions

The Address Book

Group Think

Portrait of “Still Life with Beef, Bowl of Ham and Vegetables, and Receptacles” (after Melendez)

Bore of the Worlds

The Longest Days

Roadside cow, Highway 1, Louisiana, 1998

Below the Belt

In Search of the Right to Vote

Ocelle

Worried sisters

The damnedest things

Stink different

Regime Changes

No one looks the same

Lake Union WA 4

Rethinking the Kool-Aid

Cold cocked

Watching humans watching XIV

Chore List of Champions

Brazil nots

Corner with shadows, Wildwood, NJ

October 2012

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