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AN ETHNOLOGIC LENS

Friday, September 27, 2013

It all began with a journey to Brasil in 1968, when the photographer Leonore Mau and the author Hubert Fichte started working and travelling together. Mau, who was not only Fichte’s companion, but also his muse, documented African-American rituals and cults. Her ethnologic approach paired with a unique eye for motives, made her to one [...]

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NERVE RAG

Monday, September 23, 2013

Though I’m sure many have heard of  (and read from) it, this post goes to Merve Verlag,  mono.kultur’s neighbor during the MISS READ Berlin Art Book Fair.  The quintessential philosopher’s publication since 1970, it has introduced to the intellectually voracious such venerable minds as Louis Althusser and Gilles Deleuze.  In contrast to the stagnancy that usually pervades academia, [...]

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THE GOLDFINCH

Friday, August 9, 2013

It’s World Book Lovers Day today and in exciting book news (which you may have already heard) Donna Tartt has a new novel coming out soon! Donna Tartt is one of my all-time favourite authors and if you’ve read The Secret History and The Little Friend you’ll know what I mean. Her new novel is [...]

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DROP CAPS

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The art of decorative lettering seems to be a particularly American craft, and sometimes enviably so. So no surprise that Penguin US should have come up with the idea for a special edition of lettered-cover classics, and who better to face the task than Jessica Hirsche, who has already crafted so many of our McSweeney’s [...]

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THE SECRET LIVES OF MEN

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Regardless of the conversations around the increasing popularity of short stories, or not, The Secret Lives of Men by Georgia Blain is a great read!

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THE BEER ISSUE

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Even though people don’t buy books, they go for a beer without any hesitation. Broken Dimanche Press finds a good solution to that by publishing ‘beer bottles’ as the new issue of The Kakofonie European Journal of Art and Literature. The multi-linguistic journal is known for taking different forms such as parasitic wrapping, ‘the artwork that [...]

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The Ends Of The Library

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Borges claims that the library is endless, infinite, but it’s gonna end next month, in NYC, and you can join the party at Goethe Institut. (Oh, and while you’re already there, pick up a phone for some free time travel).

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COMIC SUMMIT IN BERLIN

Friday, March 8, 2013

Recommendation for all graphic novel lovers in Berlin:
Christoph Niemann under discussion with Chris Ware about the release of Jimmy Corrigan in German on March 15, 2013, in the frame of the comic summit organised by the internationals literaturfestival berlin.
The reason for Chris Ware’s visit is the release of his graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan in German [...]

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POETRY

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Poetry magazine has independently published texts and poems by emerging and established English-speaking poets and writers for one hundred years now. The centennial is celebrated with what has to be a unique collection; one hundred selected poems, one for every passed year.

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VONNEGUT WISDOMS

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Kurt Vonnegut, that titan of American literature, would have turned 90 last Sunday, had he not died of head trauma after falling down a flight of stairs five years ago, which seems like peculiarly appropriate death for someone who has dedicated his life to the blackest of satire. So it goes. He left behind not [...]

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