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The writer is gravely ill

by Roberto Bolaño,Translated by Chris Andrews,

From a website for Spartan Digital Electronics, a company invented by the Government Accountability Office for a covert test of the Energy Star rating-approval and monitoring procedure. Of twenty imaginary…

Golden ages

by Cutter Wood,

Here

by Wislawa Szymborska,Translated by Clare Cavanagh, Staníslaw Baranczak,

You only croak once

by Richard Chopping,

A folio whale

by Julia Whitty,

Alle cinque del pomeriggio (Almeria)

Art by Gianluca Di Pasquale,

Laugher curve

by Harper’s Staff,

Yellow-card journalism

by Chris Barron,

Ich hab vergessen wo (I’ve forgotten where)

by Harper’s Staff,

“entrance (Beirut)”

by Curtis Mann,

Pockets’ red glare

by Harper’s Staff,

How the Other Half Heals

by Teri Reynolds,

Sacramento, California, USA

by Robert Voit,

New trees

by Robert Voit,

Norscot Sandton, South Africa

by Robert Voit,

Mobile home park, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

by Robert Voit,

Hundon Haverhill, Great Britain

by Robert Voit,

Untitled (spaghetti night)

Art by Nadia Moss,

White-wing militia

by Kristopher Sickles,

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Readings

Excerpts from the best and most bizarre new books, testimonies, government documents, journals, news reports, speeches, and letters.

The best and the brightest

Smell is other people

La petite snort

[untitled]

The strangers

The bus driver

Crystal Boyle

Snow pile

The writer is gravely ill

Tumbleweed

Gas Passers

Golden ages

Here

You only croak once

A folio whale

Alle cinque del pomeriggio (Almeria)

Laugher curve

Yellow-card journalism

Ich hab vergessen wo (I’ve forgotten where)

“entrance (Beirut)”

Pockets’ red glare

How the Other Half Heals

Sacramento, California, USA

New trees

Norscot Sandton, South Africa

Mobile home park, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Hundon Haverhill, Great Britain

Untitled (spaghetti night)

White-wing militia

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The best and the brightest

Smell is other people

La petite snort

[untitled]

The strangers

The bus driver

Crystal Boyle

Snow pile

The writer is gravely ill

Tumbleweed

Gas Passers

Golden ages

Here

You only croak once

A folio whale

Alle cinque del pomeriggio (Almeria)

Laugher curve

Yellow-card journalism

Ich hab vergessen wo (I’ve forgotten where)

“entrance (Beirut)”

Pockets’ red glare

How the Other Half Heals

Sacramento, California, USA

New trees

Norscot Sandton, South Africa

Mobile home park, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Hundon Haverhill, Great Britain

Untitled (spaghetti night)

White-wing militia

Readings

August 2010

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