December 2011
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Jim Fahey by Eileen Myles
mysterysmudgesextra: I’m deep into The Importance of Being Iceland, a collection of travel essays in art, all by EM herself. I got it in September, but I only started reading it in early October. I have dog-eared a lot of pages, and tumbl’d a lot of quotes. This book is resonating with me, in significant ways, and often. Here are excerpts that really hit me, from an essay she wrote about going...
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Calling all Eileen Myles fans...
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Dec 17th
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“Childhood is an endless sleeplessness, and tomorrow is something you never own....”
– Inferno, Eileen Myles (via jehseh)
Dec 13th
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“Before I could write before I even knew how to spell I went out with my best...”
– Inferno, Eileen Myles (via jehseh)
Dec 13th
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“Nobody ever told me how to live, they told me what not to do.”
– Inferno, Eileen Myles (via jehseh)
Dec 13th
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“i finished “Cool for You” by Eileen Myles today and I thought about how much I...”
– Until Then: The Eileen Myles and Gertrude Stein Post  
Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
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“I am so glad I am not an artist. A poet kind of is, but really it’s like you’re...”
– Eileen Myles, Inferno (via suddenlysamuel)
Dec 1st
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