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Budaghers, New Mexico

By anewnadir | Published: 22 December 2009
On Saturday I went to Santa Fe to meet with someone who had agreed to go over the writing sample I am submitting along with my graduate school applications. About halfway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe there is a derelict outlet mall, just on the outskirts of Budaghers. I forget what the name of this [...]
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I travel to India on the 18th of January

By anewnadir | Published: 22 December 2009
This has always served different purposes: as an outlet for my creative impulses, as a blank sheet of paper for my latest thought or insight. I cannot pretend that I maintain any kind of consistency with regard to the quality and subject matter of what I post on A NEW NADIR. I have been particularly occupied [...]
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the overpass, a song

By anewnadir | Published: 8 December 2009
I think I understand J.G. Ballard now Changing routes is an auto-hypnotic state I wish I could stare at the curvilinear safety wall forever Landscape projects, double fine zones When I hit the top of the interchange I can see forever on either side But I don’t bother looking over the divider I only have eyes for the car in front of [...]
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houston – the menil collection

By walker | Published: 11 July 2009
Rothko Chapel couldn’t have been built in a better place. The surrounding neighborhood is a verdant combination of suburban multiplexes and private art collections. This oasis is itself within an oasis, however: Houston is a giant pockmark on the face of Texas, itself a cyst on the awkward nose of the United States. Yet the [...]
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