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Justin Boening

@what_is_missing

Author of Not on the Last Day, But on the Very Last (@Milkweed_Books, 2016). Opinions are your own.

 Brooklyn, NY
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How is it that the significance of a building can accrue as it falls apart? Since Bannerman’s weapons warehouse burned in 1969, it became one of the Hudson’s most romantic ruins. Check out the latest in Peacham. Story by @KeithYorkCity peacham.co/journal/bannerman…
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Poet folks, I want every single psychopath to own a copy of this book. If you want a copy, or want to gift one, share your favorite Devon Walker-Figueroa poem below along with a description of why. I’ll send a signed copy to the first 20 responses. milkweed.org/book/lazarus-sp…
Lazarus Species | Milkweed Editions

Lazarus Species | Milkweed Editions

Traversing historical, terrestrial, and discursive limits, Devon Walker-Figueroa brings a chorus of perspectives, eras, idioms, and ideals into novel if not turbulent dialogue. In this dazzling...

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The most densely populated place on Earth in the late 1800s had LOWER disease mortality rates than the Manhattan average. Immigrants were blamed for spreading disease, but the housing built for them actually made NYC safer. Full article in Peacham peacham.co/journal/the-unexp…
The Unexpected Legacy of the Tenement · Peacham

The Unexpected Legacy of the Tenement · Peacham

How the demand for immigrant housing in the late nineteenth century helped make New York a safer, healthier city.

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Remember: in four years from now, he’ll be twelve years older than he is today.
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Did you all know that Berryman was remixing Kafka? And if you did, why didn’t you tell me? Why don’t you want me to be happy?
In Libro Veritas (@InlibroV) profile pictureIn Libro Veritas@InlibroV3 Jul 2023
“I hate everything that does not relate to literature; conversations bore me, to visit people bores me, the joys and sorrows of my relatives bore me to my soul. Conversation takes the importance, the seriousness, the truth, out of everything I think.” Franz Kafka Diary, 1918
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Fatalism is strong in Kafka. And it always will be.
Alina Stefanescu (@aliner) profile pictureAlina Stefanescu@aliner31 May 2023
In the struggle between yourself and the world, you must side with the world. - Franz Kafka
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Super looking forward to reading with these fine folks on the other side of the pond. If you plan to be in Glasgow, explain yourself. Also come to this reading.
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It’s good to be dead.
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