- 102: GAMESUBMIT with J Maxwell and R Green 101: NO THEME 10COMING SOON with J Kinsella and J Leanne 100: BROWNFACE with W S Dunn 99: SINGAPOREwith J Ip and A Pang 97 & 98: PROPAGANDAwith M Breeze and S Groth 96: NO THEME IXwith M Gill and J Thayil 95: EARTHwith M Takolander 94: BAYTwith Z Hashem Beck 93: PEACHwith L Van, G Mouratidis, L Toong 92: NO THEME VIIIwith C Gaskin 91: MONSTERwith N Curnow 90: AFRICAN DIASPORAwith S Umar 89: DOMESTICwith N Harkin 88: TRANSQUEERwith S Barnes and Q Eades 87: DIFFICULTwith O Schwartz & H Isemonger 86: NO THEME VIIwith L Gorton 85: PHILIPPINESwith Mookie L and S Lua 84: SUBURBIAwith L Brown and N O'Reilly 83: MATHEMATICSwith F Hile 82: LANDwith J Stuart and J Gibian 81: NEW CARIBBEANwith V Lucien 80: NO THEME VIwith J Beveridge 57.1: EKPHRASTICwith C Atherton and P Hetherington 57: CONFESSIONwith K Glastonbury 56: EXPLODE with D Disney 55.1: DALIT / INDIGENOUSwith M Chakraborty and K MacCarter 55: FUTURE MACHINES with Bella Li 54: NO THEME V with F Wright and O Sakr 53.0: THE END with P Brown 52.0: TOIL with C Jenkins 51.1: UMAMI with L Davies and Lifted Brow 51.0: TRANSTASMAN with B Cassidy 50.0: NO THEME IV with J Tranter 49.1: A BRITISH / IRISH with M Hall and S Seita 49.0: OBSOLETE with T Ryan 48.1: CANADA with K MacCarter and S Rhodes 48.0: CONSTRAINT with C Wakeling 47.0: COLLABORATION with L Armand and H Lambert 46.1: MELBOURNE with M Farrell 46.0: NO THEME III with F Plunkett 45.0: SILENCE with J Owen 44.0: GONDWANALAND with D Motion 43.1: PUMPKIN with K MacCarter 43.0: MASQUE with A Vickery 42.0: NO THEME II with G Ryan 41.1: RATBAGGERY with D Hose 41.0: TRANSPACIFIC with J Rowe and M Nardone 40.1: INDONESIA with K MacCarter 40.0: INTERLOCUTOR with L Hart 39.1: GIBBERBIRD with S Gory 39.0: JACKPOT! with S Wagan Watson 38.0: SYDNEY with A Lorange 37.1: NEBRASKA with S Whalen 37.0: NO THEME! with A Wearne 36.0: ELECTRONICA with J Jones
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Eric Paul Shaffer
Extemporaneous Rant for the New America
overheard in a college town pizza parlor I don’t give a shit about what the little tune is for singing a haiku, and I don’t want to hear your big, silly words about what’s lost in translation. I know, and …
Posted in 96: NO THEME IX
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Aurora: Childhood Models of Movie Monsters
the werewolf Once a month, I howl at a full moon, mad with misty light. Lonely and masterless, I am my own dog. Frankenstein’s monster I did not ask for this: an assembly of reprehensible parts, a thunderbolt, and an …
Posted in 91: MONSTER
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My Dream of Gary Snyder
one for Joe Mills In mine, I gaze upward at a REM-state version of that spacy restaurant at LAX, the disk with a 360-degree diadem of windows, and I’m ascending a staircase on one elegant, arched white strut curving to …
Posted in 86: NO THEME VII
Tagged Eric Paul Shaffer
Pope Innocent the Last Addresses the Crowd from The Gallows
As God’s first servant, I’m here to reveal His secret: we’re entertainment. We’re a spectacle for clouds, who admire our constant changes and read mystic meaning into our shifting shapes. For the wind and waves, who rub us like stones, …
Posted in 60: SILENCE
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What I’ll Miss When I’m Gone
I will miss the light. The south windows allow the sun to fill the rooms from morning to dusk. After all, without light, there is little to see, wall to wall, window to door, ceiling to floor, nothing but nothing …
Posted in 52: INTERLOCUTOR
Tagged Eric Paul Shaffer
Obviously
If you want a “u,” you strike the “u” key, not the “i,” the “b,” or the “c.” None of us doubts the design. It’s obvious to all who lack the genius to create an algorithm of such majesty and …
Posted in 50: JACKPOT!
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