“And though the calendar appeared to be continuing its slow plod whenever she checked it, Margaret was dogged by a peculiar sensation. She felt that somehow, somewhere along the way when she had not been paying careful attention (and how could she have been so heedless?), time had come to an end. Now it was only a matter of a short interval before the world faded out entirely. Sometimes she was even gripped by a strange suspicion, unlikely as it seemed, that every last thing was already gone. All that now met her ears and eyes was a vestigial flare or after-impression, like the shape of the sun burnt on the retina.”— Ida Hattemer-Higgins, The History of History
Ida reads here tonight at 7 pm; she’ll be in conversation with Chris Glazek of n+1 & the New Yorker.
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Ida reads here tonight at 7 pm; she’ll be in conversation with Chris Glazek of n+1 & the New Yorker.
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