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"Only in chaos are we conceivable."

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:15:57 -0400

“Only in chaos are we conceivable.”

- Roberto Bolaño (via theecstasist)

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Sat, 26 May 2012 09:47:10 -0400

catastrofewaitress: Hágase hombre señor profesor y déjese de...

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:01:41 -0400

catastrofewaitress:

Hágase hombre señor profesor y déjese de andar poniendo notitas.

Nicanor Parra, el poeta favorito de Bolaño.

The novel follows Amalfitano—exiled Chilean university professor...

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:18:26 -0400

The novel follows Amalfitano—exiled Chilean university professor and widower with a teenage daughter—as his political disillusionment and love of poetry lead to the scandal that will force him to flee from Barcelona and take him to Santa Teresa, Mexico. It is here, in this border town—haunted by dark tales of murdered women and populated by characters like Sorcha, who fought in the Andalusia Blue Division in the Spanish Civil War, and Castillo, who makes his living selling his forgeries of Larry Rivers …

1970

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:16:39 -0400

1970

"The second was the launch of a book by Octavio Paz, also published by Pascoe, with a host of..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:07:00 -0400

“The second was the launch of a book by Octavio Paz, also published by Pascoe, with a host of Octavians in attendance. Pascoe’s house buzzed with conversation. Instead of pulque, there were toritos to drink: ninety-six-proof alcohol with rice milk or (for the suicidal) peanut milk. With my own eyes I saw a group of Infrarealists (mission: sabotage) throw the contents of a glass over Paz (very smartly dressed, in an elegant blazer), who shook out his tie and continued the conversation with a smile, as if nothing had happened.”

- Carmen Boullosa, from The Nation

Bolaño in Mexico

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:00:00 -0400

Pascoe’s workshop published Bolaño’s first book (Reinventar el amor, 1976) and mine (La memoria vacía, 1978): exquisite limited editions, chapbooks printed on dampened paper using movable type and a hand press, which also turned out the first volumes by Volkow, José Luis Rivas, Francisco Segovia and other poets of our generation.

Carmen Boullosa from The Nation, April 23 2007

"Books are the only homeland of the writer."

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:34:17 -0400

“Books are the only homeland of the writer.”

- Roberto Bolaño (via monsters8)

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Wed, 16 May 2012 08:21:02 -0400

Labyrinth | Roberto Bolaño

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:31:17 -0400

jabn:

Labyrinth, Roberto Bolano

A photograph, a story.

ABN

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Mon, 14 May 2012 00:46:17 -0400

"We all have to die a bit every now and then and usually it’s so gradual that we end up more alive..."

Sat, 12 May 2012 19:10:57 -0400

“We all have to die a bit every now and then and usually it’s so gradual that we end up more alive than ever. Infinitely old and infinitely alive.”

- Roberto Bolaño (The Skating Rink)

Does anyone know what book this is from? Thanks.

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:52:44 -0400

Does anyone know what book this is from? Thanks.

"But while we are looking for the antidote or the medicine to cure us, that is, the new, which can..."

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:51:16 -0400

“But while we are looking for the antidote or the medicine to cure us, that is, the new, which can only be found by plunging deep into the Unknown, we have to go on exploring sex, books, and travel, although we know that they lead us to the abyss, which as it happens, is the only place where the antidote can be found.”

- Roberto Bolaño, from “Literature+Illness=Illness” (with thanks to theoreticalliving)

The Red Bird (For the Daughters of Juarez) by Tony...

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:16:53 -0400

The Red Bird (For the Daughters of Juarez) by Tony Fitzpatrick

This is not the Mexico I know anymore; the place I would go because the literature, painting, and ferocious landscape spoke to me. As I re-read Bolaño’s 2666, a different country emerges; one with all of the bone-deep hatreds our own Republic was born of…one of theft, murder and the silent hopelessness of the ghosts of young women walking the dessert.

Opening this book is like being granted access to the Chilean...

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:52:51 -0400

Opening this book is like being granted access to the Chilean master’s personal files. Included in this one-of-a-kind collection is everything Roberto Bolaño was working on just before his death in 2003, and everything that he wanted to share with his readers. Fans of his writing will find familiar characters in new settings, and entirely new stories and styles, too. Keep reading…

kadist: “I used to read everything, Professor, I read all the...

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:01:16 -0400

kadist:

“I used to read everything, Professor, I read all the time. Now all I read is poetry. Poetry is the one thing that isn’t contaminated, the one thing that isn’t part of the game. I don’t know if you follow me, Professor. Only poetry—and let me be clear, only some of it—is good for you, only poetry isn’t shit.”

— Roberto Bolaño, From his 2666

photo: Glenn Ligon’s only poetry isn’t shit

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Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:52:27 -0400

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Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:44:58 -0500

tystnaden1963: “De la Universidad desconocida.” Roberto...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:24:41 -0500

tystnaden1963:

“De la Universidad desconocida.”

Roberto Bolaño

(Creo que ya lo había publicado en otro blog que desactivé…)