The True Things A Conversation with Naghmeh Sohrabi (Bidoun).
These Are the True Things (Substack)
An elegant man
must never be completely elegant.
There’s no man more inelegant than a despot
power is always tacky.
There’s no elegant way to invade, pillage, and kill.
Nothing’s tackier than a uniform.
Nothing’s tackier than a toga.
My Grandfather Is the Future, Victor Heringer, translated by James Young & Justin Greene (Granta)
I have signed two contracts as a poet
which are henceforth no longer binding.
I will sign a third, as a final betrayal.
I will be forgiven by everyone.
I Am Not a Poet, Victor Heringer, translated by James Young & Justin Greene
