This is a blog, and I’m not sure what should be said about it. The title of this is from Duchamp, of course. I don’t remember exactly why the Robert Filliou quote ended up there; I was in Minneapolis, and things seemed dire at the time. The cover art was from Dettinger’s Oasis, which you should go and buy; then it was a picture of a sand sea in Libya in early 2011; now there isn’t a header image, only a washed-out William Morris pattern as a background.
This site was built using WordPress; it was made on a Mac mostly using Safari, but I look at things occasionally in Chrome, and they seem okay there. Apologies if it looks horribly wrong to you in anything else. Since this has been going for a while now, many of the links don’t work; some of those are crossed out, but I don’t actually know how useful that is. Other things: my LibraryThing, my last.fm, the obligatory Twitter, a Pinterest. What else? Oh, Flickr! Remember Flickr? Generally I don’t!
Correspondence should be sent to Dan Visel, 73-12 35th Avenue, Apartment E23, Jackson Heights, New York 11372, United States. That address should be good until the middle of August 2013. After that, things become complicated!
Terrific blog. Thank you for listing me among artists.
GQ
Chanced upon your blog; delighted to discover there is a fellow Nervalian in the precincts. If you don’t have a copy of the Archipelago “Salt Smugglers,” let me know & I’ll send you a copy. rs
Hi There, I saw your blog filled with interesting material and also noticed that you included epigraph from Robert Filliou
on your masthead. I’ve written two articles on his work would be happy to send them yr way. Peace. MP
Hi — just noticed that your link to my blog is out of date — can you replace it with: http://www.pierrejoris.com/blog/
thanks — enjoy redaing yours — “Le Rivage des Syrtes” is an amazing book.
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Hi,
I’d like to contact William S Wilson.
Do you know if this is possible?
Thanks
Thank you very much for the quick response
I’ve had quite an enjoyable introduction to your blog, which I chanced upon while searching for a reference by Roland Barthes to the intervention of reading caused by the bottom of the page.
Dear Mr. Visel -
I’ve been trying to track down William S. Wilson for years now. He taught me Chaucer in 1961 and was one of the very best instructors I ever had. I still re-read the notes I took.
Have you any idea of how I might get in touch with him?
Thanks very much,
Bill Lannon
Can’t thank you enough for getting back to me so quickly. Really appreciate it.
You have created a marvelous site here.
Thanks again, Bill
Wondering if you’d email me–Dzanc Books is bringing out Joseph McElroy’s Cannonball next year, as well as a paperback version of Lookout Cartridge, and bringing much of his backlist to the eBook world, including his essay collection currently only available in Italy.
Thanks, Dan Wickett