April 2012
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I THINK ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS AND BEARS: ”In... →
littletsu: ”In February 1916 Brik published “The Backbone Flute” in an edition of six hundred copies, another small book for their shelf of Futurist poetry. The books were distributed in Petrograd bookshops and among their friends. That winder, as Lili remembered, she and Mayakovsky “were never apart.” …
Apr 30th
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Apr 30th
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Apr 26th
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“When asked to say something about myself I talked of Mayakovsky, who was my God.”
– Boris Pasternak (via twodogsdead)
Apr 26th
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“In the darkness his voice, not addressing me, slid in verse along the fence. I...”
– Elsa Triolet, Lili Brik’s sister. Lili Brik refers to this as Mayakovsky giving Elsa the ‘treatment’. (via slippyslop)
Apr 18th
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Apr 15th
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Apr 15th
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On the 14th of April 1930 Vladimir Mayakovsky committed suicide.
Apr 14th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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