Vov's collection of summer reading material, thus far
The Origin of the Work of Art, Letter on Humanism, and the Technology essay in particular.
No homo...
Well argued, but my nigga's metaphors and analogies come off, more often than not, a little on the silly side (though "collecting tattoos and buying curries" is a nice euphemism for "waiting for the revolution").
Some good arguments in there.
My nigga Mark de Silva has a Phd in philosophy from Cambridge and, as it turns out, writes a mean fictional narrative. From the inner jacket:
"Carl Stagg, a writer researching imperial power struggles in 17th century Sri Lanka, ekes out a living as a watchman in a factionalized America where confidence in democracy has eroded. Along his nightly patrol, Stagg finds a beaten prostitute, one in a series of monstrous attacks. Suspicious of his supervisor's intentions, Stagg seeks the truth with a fellow part-time watchman, Ravan, who hails from a family developing storm-dispersal technologies jointly funded by the Indian and American governments. The watchmen's discoveries put a troubling complexion on Stagg's research, giving it new shape and impetus, just as the weather modification project begins to appear less about dispersing storms than weaponizing them."
Fantastic first novel. Buy it.
Haven't started this beauty yet. Marcuse my nigga; R.D. Laing my hitta, my killa. Excited to read Stokely Carmichael's essay. Who the fuck is David Cooper? Don't know, but Vov will read that fuckin essay. All of the book's pieces were presented at "the now legendary
Dialectics of Liberation congress, held in London in 1967."
That's all for now, my friends. May the beans of your coffee be organically grown and ethically procured, and may the printed word inspire in you an ecstatic awakening of social awareness.