February 2010
“Bliss — a second-by- second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious — lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom,” Wallace wrote in a note left with the manuscript. “Pay close attention to the most tedious thing you can find (Tax Returns, Televised Golf) and, in waves, a boredom like you’ve never known will wash over you and just about kill you. Ride these out, and it’s...
January 2010
Watch
“Let’s not…
Everything’s ghostly—
...”
– yevgeny yevtuskenko
“Ballad About Drinking
We had slaughtered a hundred white whales,...”
“Girl Beatnik
This girl comes from New York
but she does not belong.
Along...”
– y. yevtushenko
“Disbelief In Yourself Is Indispensable
While you’re alive it’s...”
– Yevgeny Yevtushenko
