May 2019 – Page 2

“To write is to say things one wouldn’t normally say to people.”

Happy birthday, Raymond Carver! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews. “At the risk of appearing foolish,…

Happy birthday, Bob Dylan! 78, today! Lucky to have seen this trickster and consummate artist perform live many times…

Happy Arrival Day, Sun Ra! Here are some quotes from the composer and musician. “I think of myself as…

Happy birthday, Lucie Brock-Broido! Here are some quotes from the poet. “I, abstract, adoring, distant / And unsalvageable.” “Wonderment…

Everyone tells me there’s no work on this road, I make bad choices okay fine but I swing from a…

In the end, silence reigned. It settled over dry fields and skeletons—trees black obelisks in risen waters. Finally, children…

“The Big One was obviously one of those epoxy-and-metal eggs produced by itself—the Platonic Idea of a pebble turned inside…

Happy birthday, Lorraine Hansberry! Here are some quotes from the great playwright. “Look at the world that awaits you!” “Write…

Happy birthday, El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, aka Malcolm X! Here are some quotes from the civil rights and human rights…

Happy birthday, W. G. Sebald! Here are some quotes from his writing. “‘It is thanks to my evening reading…