Wouldn’t it be nice if Stephen Miller, Gregory Bovino, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem, J.D. Vance, bigmouth Trumpscheisse, and the rest of his ilk were frozen on one of these ice floes.
Archives for January 2026
Still in Memory: Carl Weissner, So Rudely Interrupted
Tonight marks the 14th anniversary of Carl Weissner’s departure. He left us unexpectedly in the late hours of Jan. 23, 2012 or in the hours before dawn on Jan. 24. His absence has not diminished among his friends, though the date of his death has grown more distant.
Author and Alter Ego Cruise a River Called America
For readers familiar with his work, it will come as no surprise that Swiss novelist Christoph Keller’s prose in English, an adopted language, has the idiomatic flare of a native speaker. Nor is it a surprise that much of his latest novel is again set in downtown Manhattan, where he once lived.
About Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Apostasy . . .
This is a curiosity.
‘Don’t Forget My Old Soul’
When I saw this eye-popping video for the first time, it bowled me over. I’ve rewatched it several times and am still marveling at it. But is this work a piece of AI-slop? Is it “kind of meaningless in [its] calculated reality,” as Doug McLennan has written of the genre? Or is it more than that?
Thoughts While Not Thinking
Stealthy
quantum words
phantoms of expectation
and suicides of time
riddle us
with springs and traps.
Cut Paste Print
A History of Political Photomontage in the 20th Century
This blogpost cannot adequately display the exhaustive content and brilliant design of “Couper, Coller, Imprimer,” the richly illustrated catalogue of an extraordinary photomontage exhibition at La Contemporaine in Nantes, France (running through March 14). Even so, it is hoped that this limited attempt evokes the broad historical spirit of the exhibition while offering an edited summary of the subject by the curators, Max Bonhomme and Aline Théret, in their own words.
Quoting William S. Burroughs
A Book Designer’s Take on Political Conditions
Have a look.