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Alexander Booth. Poetry. Translation (Mayröcker, Kluge, Penna, Wittgenstein et al). Analog collage. Existential Analysis / Logotherapy. Epigrams unto emptiness. Tread the path with care. wordkunst@gmail.com / IG: @wordkunst

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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 18h
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"They asked, So what did you do with your freedom? A kind of blackout, he said. I did what one does, I anesthetized it. That's: me." worldliteraturetoday.org/2019/spring/...
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Scheggia / Shrapnel, by Alexander Booth
“They asked, So what did you do with your freedom? A kind of blackout, he said, I did what one does. I anesthetized it.” - Alexander Booth
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Twisted Spoon Press @twistedspoon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Now available in the US: Prague Triptych by Johannes Urzidil, trans. David Burnett Glorious Nemesis by Ladislav Klíma, trans. Marek Tomin Visions & Apparitions by Ladislav Klíma, trans. Jed Slast
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 23h
Dig!
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Right? 😁
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Thanks, Donna, maybe someone will pick up the full manuscript at some point
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Glad it resonated, Veronika
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"They asked, So what did you do with your freedom? A kind of blackout, he said. I did what one does, I anesthetized it. That's: me." worldliteraturetoday.org/2019/spring/...
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Scheggia / Shrapnel, by Alexander Booth
“They asked, So what did you do with your freedom? A kind of blackout, he said, I did what one does. I anesthetized it.” - Alexander Booth
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Ha ha thanks, J-T
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Man do I miss being around theatre co-directing Finale di partita (Endgame) in Rome in 2011 with a close friend was an incredible experience cannot wait to see André Gregory (90 y.o.!) & friends working on theirs here 👇 youtu.be/ehRxL-WBOZs?...
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One More Time | Trailer | NYFF64
YouTube video by Film at Lincoln Center
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Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The 22nd Bird Dream and the 23rd Bird Dream.
Collage of found materials incorporating bird illustrations, fragments of paintings, ink, chalk, turmeric and ash Collage of found materials incorporating bird illustrations, flower drawings, classical images, ink, turmeric, paint, pastels
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
October 2026 #analog #collage
Analog postcard collage made from an old postcard collage three identical drawn b/w female faces in a fan-like movement with torn text reading "in a corner of / a corner of / a corner of day"
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Jakob van Hoddis' (1887-1942) poem 'Weltende' signaled the beginning of an explosive new literary movement : Expressionism Read my new translation here 👇 minorliteratures.com/2026/10/08/e...
Ink profile drawing of German Expressionist poet Jakob van Hoddis by Ludwig Meidner
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Sam Stephenson @sfstephenson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today is Coltrane's centennial. So I'm re-upping this piece I wrote on his first biographer in 2014. Piece won an ASCAP Deems Taylor-Virgil Thomson Prize. One of my favorite projects. www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/06...
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An Absolute Truth: On Writing a Life of Coltrane by Sam Stephenson
June 3, 2014 – A few years ago I found a used, first-edition hardcover of Dr. Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins’s 1975 book, Coltrane: A Biography, online for $150. I had long
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It had been a while so nice to spend time again @flowerville.bsky.social
Flowers of Abeyance by Flowerville, published by Corbel Stone Press glass plate photograms of flowers
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Bruce Adams @bruceadams.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I did it. I finally went out and did it. bruceadams838221.substack.com/p/if-you-wan...
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If you want a say, you better go out and grow it.
Announcing an irregular newsletter
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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
info here: minorliteratures.com/minor-incide...
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minor incident Berlin 2026
16/10: minor impromptu 1 venue: desirelines books, 19.30 Fraenkelufer 28, 10999 Berlin Subway: U8/U3 Kottbusser Tor; U8 Schöleinstraße; U7 Südstern readers: Alexander Booth is a poet, translator, c…
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David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The first of twelve short conversations with an illustrious cohort of writers and publishers prompted by the publication of 'The Coast of Everything' - one of the novels of my lifetime! Thanks to C. D. Rose for his fascinating reflections. Look out for future encounters.
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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Wherever you look there are falling tiles & rotten beams / & the coasts—you read—are rising tides & melting caps ..." End of the World (1911/2026) — Jakob van Hoddis [tr. @wordkunst.bsky.social ] minorliteratures.com/2026/10/08/e...
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End of the World (1911/2026) — Jakob van Hoddis [tr. Alexander Booth]
Mr. & Mrs. Patriot keep losing their hats,While the air is alive with what sounds like screams;Wherever you look there are falling tiles & rotten beams & the coasts—you read—are ri…
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Jakob van Hoddis' (1887-1942) poem 'Weltende' signaled the beginning of an explosive new literary movement : Expressionism Read my new translation here 👇 minorliteratures.com/2026/10/08/e...
Ink profile drawing of German Expressionist poet Jakob van Hoddis by Ludwig Meidner
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Rapping "The Raven" youtu.be/IIJRDwNdk7w?...
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Rapping Raven, hip-hop version of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven
YouTube video by candylane339
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"You're on earth, there's no cure for that" - Sam Beckett
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
because they were--!
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Written "under the sign" of French Surrealism's 100th anniversary, Berlin Variations + 12 Cubist Miniatures = Carnation, limited handmade ed. of 150 copies, 19 EUR postage included, DM or mail @ address in bio to order
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Absolut
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Eye on minor lits mañana
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Seconded--!
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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
spotted by @wordkunst.bsky.social ! info here: minorliteratures.com/minor-incide...
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James Reeves @jamesreeves.co · 07/10/2026
The latest iteration of the Inspiration Station, featuring recent additions from Francis Bacon, Raqib Shaw, and two delightful collages from @wordkunst.bsky.social.
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Marco Rosenkranz @marcorosenkranz.de · 06/10/2026
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thadjanus.bsky.social @thadjanus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
'Sactly 😊
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Andrew Brewerton @ajbrewerton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
b/w repro of medieval memento-mori woodcut showing Death as a drummer in the form of a skeleton next to a finely dressed couple; in a vertical red bar to the bottom left white script says, "Keep on drumming"
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So so good, Jeff
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Evensong (back after 25+ years--!) perfumetree.bandcamp.com/album/dark-g...
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dark gift, by perfume tree
7 track album
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Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The First 21 Bird Dreams.
21 Bird Dream collages on a staircase. The collages are made from found images, ink, charcoal, pastel, crayon and turmeric
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Andrew Wittkop @awestfell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Friends if you find yourself near Northfield on Thursday November 5 and would like to see me read and discuss my book details are below.
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And all the next day Toad played music for his seeds.
Toad, an accomplished musician, plays violin for his seeds.

From "The Garden"
In *Frog and Toad Together*
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😆 va bene
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mamma mia that stuff is truly lethal
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That kind of morning?
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These are very cool
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Snapshot of an old photographic film-canister box, consisting of five rows, alternating between 9 & 8 round holders
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank you, Rose Lee--! @dm1920.bsky.social
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@tobiasvryan.bsky.social Blixa lived not too far from t/here back in the early early days
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
😃
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Better area 😉
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