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And — I failed. I replaced this paragraph with a scene and the essay was accepted.

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Irina Dumitrescu

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Two palindromes

Yu Müller / 翟彧

→ → Pursuing / you lead me to come to the future.
← ← coming to the future, I lead you / demanding.

求索 & 层云

Yu Müller / 翟彧

→ → 求索 / 你引导我来未来
← ← 来未来我导引你 / 索求

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Animalische Anti-Städte

« Eine schwarze Katze huscht über ein Blumenbeet in Richtung eines Holzverschlags, an einigen Astern vorbei drückt sie sich in eine armbreite Lücke. Einige Abgefeierte lümmeln auf Sofas; in Schweiß und Rauch in dieser spätsommerlichen Club-Landschaft. » Über Berliner Clubs und Calvinos Katzenflaneure.