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Contest: We have one winner!

February 23, 2016

We have our first winner for the Robert Walser contest. Maria will receive a copy of Walser’s “Looking at Pictures”, courtesy of New Directions. We still have two books to give away. To enter, please email us at [...]

Contest: Win Robert Walser’s “Looking at Pictures”

January 14, 2016

We’re giving away free copies of Robert Walser’s Looking at Pictures, courtesy of pub. CHRISTINE BURGIN/NEW DIRECTIONS. The first three people who send Talking Pictures a selfie with L’Arlesienne will win a book! To enter, please [...]

Robert Walser on Van Gogh

January 14, 2016

An excerpt from Robert Walser's Looking At Pictures: "The Van Gogh Picture" in which every word is so beautiful and so human it breaks your/my heart. Editor's note. "At an exhibition of paintings several years ago, I saw an, as it were, ravishing and priceless picture: Van Gogh's L'Arlesienne, the portrait of... [...]