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Study of a Right Hand — Hendrick Goltzius

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Published: August 17, 2026 17:26

Study of a Right Hand, 1588 by Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617)

August 15, 1914 Diaries, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments — Robert Andrew Parker

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Published: August 15, 2026 17:18

August 15, 1914 Diaries, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments (1994) by Robert Andrew Parker (1927-2023) Kafka’s diary entry for 15 Aug. 1914 (trans. by Martin Greenberg with Hannah Arendt): 15 August. I have been writing these past few days,…

Untitled (Self-Portrait) — Anna Kavan

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Published: August 14, 2026 16:30

Untitled (Self-Portrait) by Anna Kavan (1901-1968)

Read “Time and Again,” a short story by Breece D’J Pancake

https://biblioklept.org/2026/08/13/read-time-and-again-a-short-story-by-breece-dj-pancake/

Published: August 13, 2026 22:16

“Time and Again” by Breece D’J Pancake Mr Weeks called me out again tonight, and I look back down the hall of my house. I left the kitchen light burning. This is an empty old house since the old lady died. When Mr Weeks doesn’t call, I write everybody I…

Palm Lovers Arranged by the Sky — Hawk Alfredson

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Published: August 13, 2026 19:16

Palm Lovers Arranged by the Sky by Hawk Alfredson (b. 1960)

Diane Williams’ I Liked Rex (Book acquired, 3 Aug. 2026)

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Published: August 11, 2026 22:31

Diane Williams’ newest collection I Liked Rex is forthcoming this September from NYRB. I think folks either like what Williams is doing or don’t (or don’t know about her and what she’s doing). I like what she’s doing very much. Here’s NYRB’s jacket copy;…

Mass-market Monday | Herman Melville’s Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

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Published: August 10, 2026 23:57

Pierre; Or, The Ambiguities, Herman Melville, 1852. Signet Classics (1964). No cover artist or designer credited. 408 pages. The cover artist is Milton Glaser. The world is forever babbling of originality; but there never yet was an original man,

Sunday Comix

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Published: August 9, 2026 13:41

A panel from “Pixie Meat” by Tom De Haven, Gary Panter, and Charles Burns. Published in Snake Eyes #1, 1991, Fantagraphics Books.

“Texas,” a poem by David Berman

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Published: August 8, 2026 14:39

“Texas” by David Berman first published in Caliban #8, 1990 Along the inner stream I found a hive split open. I was deep in the country, where they said I would find swollen dogs and trees covered in dust. I found a house with windows and a door. Once a…

“A Parkersburg Vocabulary” — David Berman

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Published: August 7, 2026 13:55

“A Parkersburg Vocabulary” by David Berman Sad Fingers (sad-fin-gurs) n. Nostalgia for an old area code. Ex: “He has sad fingers.” Hoxter (hock-stur) n. A fellow who lacks the energy to live up to his own sociopathic heritage. Roycambellside…