The Misfortunes of Silenus (Detail) — Pierro di Cosimo

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The Misfortunes of Silenus (detail), c. 1500 by Pierro di Cosimo (1462-1522)

Biblioklept on Instagram

I made an Instagram account for Biblioklept. (The handle is @bibliokleptogram — somebody already snagged “Biblioklept”).

The content for Biblokleptogram is not the same as the blog’s content (although the feed is integrated into the blog—it’s down on the bottom right).

Most of the time I’ll post photographs of book covers, poems, prose, etc. My only “rule” is that I’ll only post photographs I’ve taken myself. I don’t plan on using Instagram to write.

This is the first post from the account, a poem by Roberto Bolaño:

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Nothing can happen here and yet here I am.

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And here is a post from yesterday, which happened to be Herman Melville’s 199th birthday:

Nude Reading — Robert Delaunay

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Nude Reading, 1915 by Robert Delaunay (1885-1941)