The Springtime “Pft Award,” 2023
[This announcement is published with a week's delay, as we've been away collecting Mesoamerican cigars.]
Praise for text is a semi-annual, non-prestigious thing, like an Award without a Prize, an honourary mention. Its value, if you can find any, lies entirely within the symbolic realm. The name of the “recipient” of the Pft award is announced on this website, and that's pretty much it. Nobody has to do anything. The “winner” doesn't even have to be alive! Because, this is only about bringing joy, to current and future generations.
Today, we've arrived in the year of our Lord 2023, and ... It is time. For the springtime. “Award”!
Fanfare.
The Pft-numero-uno of 2023 is hereby bestowed upon ... the anonymous author of the Popol Vuh, AND the very famous Thomas Pynchon.
Drum roll. Splash cymbal.
Not much needs to be said really, just go Aquaint yourself if you haven't already. These gentlemen describe the human condition better than almost anyone. May God bless their countries, etc!
Snacks.
—The Crew