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June 25, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”

Happy birthday, George Orwell! Here are some quotes from the writer.   “The imagination, like certain wild animals, will not…

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June 24, 2019April 19, 2019 - Quotes, Reading

A Sentence About a Sentence I Love: From Roberto Bolaño’s 2666

“The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower” —from Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 This stunning line is a pitch-perfect criminal…

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June 24, 2019February 21, 2020 - Books, News, Reading, Writing

Big Other Book Awards!

We are excited to announce the inaugural Big Other Book Awards. This award aims to recognize excellence in literature, to…

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June 23, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“I defend not my voice, but my silence.”

  Happy birthday, Anna Akhmatova! Here are some quotes from the writer.   “I am in the middle of it:…

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June 22, 2019June 22, 2019 - Art, Birthday, Film, Quotes, Reading

“The calling of art is to extract us from our daily reality, to bring us to a hidden truth that’s difficult to access—to a level that’s not material but spiritual.”

  Happy birthday, Abbas Kiarostami! Here are some quotes from the filmmaker. “It’s said that in the beginning was the…

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June 22, 2019June 22, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“There’s nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.”

Happy birthday, Octavia E. Butler! Here are some quotes from her writing.   “Every story I create, creates me. I…

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June 21, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Language is what eases the pain of living with other people, language is what makes the wounds come open again.”

  Happy birthday, Anne Carson! 69, today! Here are some quotes from her writing. “It is the task of a…

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June 20, 2019 - Birthday, Music

“When you hear music, after it’s over, it’s gone in the air. You can never capture it again.”

  Happy birthday, Eric Dolphy! Here are several clips of Dolphy performing live.  

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination of the heart.”

  Happy birthday, Salman Rushdie! 72, today! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews. “Go for broke. Always…

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June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 - Quotes, Reading, Writing

A Sentence About a Sentence I Love: Mother Fulcher

By D. A. Powell   “Smells like you been eating pussy.” —Mother Fulcher Recently, when someone posted on Twitter a…

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