The story begins the moment the Mother tells the Grandmother that there is going to be a baby: […]
Category Archive: Extracts
Extracts from recently published and upcoming books
Franzi reads Roland Barthes It’s 1998. The lecture has just ended and Franzi’s favourite professor asks her to […]
“Nothing distinguishes memories from ordinary moments. Only later do they become memorable by the scars they leave.” ‘La […]
We went to a lot of parties in January. And then again in November. Parties were, we guessed, […]
Dr. Lysergus I have started working with Dr. Lysergus. Was it today or yesterday? I came to his […]
1. “In Memory of the Horse David, Who Ate One of My Poems” takes up one page of […]
On the Australians’ Opinions of This Life There are three things I should mention regarding the Australians’ opinions […]
The Sorting of Butterflies Months passed. I underwent numerous modifications; much dread and error were removed from me. […]
A hole isn’t really nothing, but rather shows you nothing. This is an important distinction. You see it […]
Writing about Osip Mandelstam right now is difficult for two reasons. The first is that poets whose bodies […]
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