Mark von Schlegell: Simone Azul

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AS PART OF THE »PAPIER collé SIMONE WEIL« WE INVITED WRITERS AND ARTISTS TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS ON SIMONE WEIL. SOME BITS AND PIECES, SOME MATERIAL, THOUGHTS… TRACES AND LINES THAT REVOLVE AROUND THEIR READING OR RESEARCH. LIKE A SUNDAY STROLL THROUGH AN IMMATERIAL-IMAGINATIVE LIBRARY. LIKE A BORGES READING MACHINE THAT UNENDINGLY COMES TO LIFE: FLOATING, RATTLING, NEVER ARRIVING AT A FINAL POINT WHERE ALL IS FIXATED, SAID AND READ.

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Mark von Schlegell is an American science fiction writer and cultural critic. He lives in Germany and the US. His novels include Venusia (2005), which was listed on the 2006 James Tiptree Jr Awards Honors List, Mercury Station (2009) and Sundogz (2015).
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