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“A border or threshold — the development of meaning here is a puzzle” – Richard Makin, WORK (Chapter XIII)

As Iain Sinclair has observed, Makin’s “writing is that it is. This is prose you must learn to experience before you begin to interpret […] the pages in their beautiful and delirious abstraction are ordered poetry.” Richard Makin’s Work continues the “work” of Mourning by taking stock of “the minutiae of the view, the dissenting details,” … Continue reading →

“THE FASCIST & THE FEMINIST: A Visit to Mr. Language & Ms. Spectacle,” by Thor Garcia (Part One)

“Hide and seek wasn’t a game that day. I devoured his book in one breathless sitting. I see you now. Every little helps.” – Richard Makin, WORK (Chapter XXIV)

As Iain Sinclair has observed, Makin’s “writing is that it is. This is prose you must learn to experience before you begin to interpret […] the pages in their beautiful and delirious abstraction are ordered poetry.” Richard Makin’s Work continues the “work” of Mourning by taking stock of “the minutiae of the view, the dissenting details,” … Continue reading →