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DIARY // vollmannomics
“There was, in other words, no way I was gonna survive the historical accident”
Jun 2 • mark iosifescu
DIARY // huligani highlights
“onetime outsider cachet shading into states more detectibly pathetic”
Feb 10 • mark iosifescu
DIARY // anarcho comik-book
“wishing you happy holidays and a relaxing vacation from the hot summer of 1968”
Dec 23, 2025 • mark iosifescu
DIARY // year in review
“historically, this is not an altogether rich area for me.”
Dec 16, 2025 • mark iosifescu
DIARY // pynchomania
“you know the vibes, and they are pretty skunked.”
Oct 7, 2025 • mark iosifescu
DIARY // miss macintosh, my darling
“some eleven-hundred pages and so assuredly heavy enough were it bone-dry, the book is actually sopping”
Sep 30, 2025 • mark iosifescu
DIARY // saga de xam pt. 2
« espoir !! arrestations d’anarchistes »
Aug 5, 2025 • mark iosifescu
DIARY // print-only
“humanity is a zine-making species and it always has been”
May 20, 2025 • mark iosifescu
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