More from that beloved megalomaniac, Pierre Klossowski next week. His essay “Living Currency” (pp. 45-77) gets the reckoning. Toodle-oo!

The 2022 BASTARD Conference will take place this Saturday, November 19, from 11am-8pm at The Long Haul Infoshop (3124 Shattuck Ave in Berkeley, CA). For the twentieth year, we will convene for an afternoon of presentations and discussions about anarchy and anarchism, by anarchists. Our theme this year will be “Headless Action”. Join us for a day of convivial exchanges about the beautiful idea!

Next week, a pair of infanticidal texts: Philip K. Dick’s short story “The Pre-Persons” paired against Mallory Wuornos’ “Eleven Ways to Kill a Child” from Black Seed #6. See you Tuesday!

On Tuesday, we’ll look at a piece on race and identity from Flower Bomb: Destroy Race, Destroy Society. It’s laid out in imposed format though, so be careful to look at the page numbers when reading. Hope to see you then.

Pressing on with Anarcho-Blackness, as we read the next two chapters “Unpropertied” and “Uncouth”. See you Tuesday for those!

Next time, we’ll discuss Chapters 1 & 2 (“Unblack” and “Ungovernable”) of Marquis Bey’s Anarcho-Blackness – Notes Toward a Black Anarchism. See you Tuesday for that!

Another essay from Alejandro de Acosta’s The Impossible, Patience next time. We’ll explore his deployment of a nihilist approach to ethics in “Its Core is the Negation”. Hope to see you there!

Taking a break from Klossowski next week to revisit the writing of our erstwhile attendee Alejandro de Acosta. From his collection of essays The Impossible, Patience (so very worth reading in its entirety), we’re gonna look at “To Acid-Words”. The page count on this one might seem excessive but, before ya balk, note that the layout makes each page more like a half page. Til Tuesday!

More of The Baphomet next week. This time, it’s chapters III – V (pp. 61-91). Towards, towards new vistas of infinite & empty possibles!

Pressing forward with Klossowski’s The Baphomet. This time we’ll discuss Chapters I & II (pp. 39-59). Stay fierce.

Next week, we will dip our toes into the sordid drip of Pierre Klossowski’s The Baphomet before deciding whether to complete it in weeks to come. Peruse the introductions if you like, but our discussion will center around the novel’s Prologue, which runs from pp. 5-37. As always, page numbers refer to those printed in the text, not the numbering of the digital file. Had a blast playing surrealist games with you all. Until next time… anon!