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April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Excerpt, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.”

Happy birthday, Charles Baudelaire! Here are some quotes from his writing. “Always be a poet, even in prose.” “The beautiful…

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From On Solar Physiology, by Will Alexander

I am invaded by blankness where a curious Portuguese erupts where its vowels transmix with sub-components of English marked by…

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