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[proximoception]

I received two each of a couple books from my birthday list, and it's been over a month since their purchase so I assume amazon won't be thrilled to take them back. One's Chekhov's complete plays, the new Norton hardcover. The other a few of you might be interested in, it's an expensive, bizarre four-paperback boxed set called Wonderwater. Anne Carson wrote one, is the thing (the other three are by Helene Cixous (!), John Waters (!!) and some sculptor named Louise Bourgeois); each paperback annotates drawings, or titles of drawings, by someone named Roni Horn. Anne's centers on Holderlin rather than Horn, in a characteristic series of quotations, poems, mini-essays and indescribables. I'll send the volume and/or set to the interested person (drop a comment if you are) who wants it most and/or is cheapest to send to. Carson shouldn't moulder on my shelf or in a warehouse. And this doesn't sound like it will make it to many libraries.

Comments

[nightspore.livejournal.com]

Fuck yes. I could even send postage or something your way.

[biberkopf-bear.livejournal.com]

I had to look this up on Amazon.com right away. John Waters next to Helene Cixous (! ! ! ! !)? WTF? Sounds like a fascinating collaboration!

[princenarcissus.livejournal.com]

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?Why have I never heard of this Carson project?
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[agoraphiliac.livejournal.com]

Sounds interesting; I put in on my wish list.

I like the sculptor Louise Bourgeois. I only know her sculptures, but apparently she's also done some writing, an autobiography I think.

[sweet-nothing.livejournal.com]

Wait, are you offering the Chekhov too? Because I'll take that if no one else has requested it or if it was not implied in nightspore's fuck yes (I too will reimburse for postage and whatnot).