nonsense, rottenness, art

James Baldwin, from Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems; "Conundrum (on my birthday) (for Rico)"

— Chaun Ballard, from “Yes, I Beat Jason’s High-Yellah Ass for Making Fun of My Pronunciation and Emancipation Was Really Not That Long Ago,” Second Nature (BOA Editions Ltd., 2025)

Elie Saab Haute Couture Fall/Wint 2016

he’s going places

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Paisley Rekdal, from “Happiness” [ID in alt text]

But also I’m writing to challenge memory. We’re back to the gaps, the places where language stops. Let me in.”]

Into One Another III, To PPP,  Berlinde De Bruyckere (2010) / Hysterics of Love, Eric Fischl (1997) / We Are All Flesh, Berlinde De Bruyckere (2009)

Raúl Cañibano, Habana, 2007

by Svenja Heesch

ocean vuong you're the only one writer ever

Thomas Cooper Gotch. The Lantern Parade. 1918

Jie Song (Malaysian, b. 1982, Malaysia, based Kuala Lumpur, KL, Malaysia) - Flourish in Radiance, 2025, Paintings: Oil, Acrylic on Canvas

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