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January 8, 2020August 28, 2023 - Archives, Fiction, Reading, Writing

Three Cities, by Dawn Raffel

(with appreciation for Italo Calvino)   The City of Serena In the beautiful city of Serena, every old woman wears…

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January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 - Birthday, Music, Quotes, Reading

“Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.”

  Happy birthday, David Bowie! Here are some quotes from the musician:   “I’m a born librarian with a sex…

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January 7, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“You need the art in order to love the life.”

  Happy birthday, Nicholson Baker! 63, today! Here are quotes from the writer:   “I woke up thinking a very…

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January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.”

  Happy birthday, Zora Neale Hurston! Here are some quotes from the author:   “If writers were too wise, perhaps…

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January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Poetry, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“I believe the word used wrongly distorts the world.”

  Happy birthday, C. D. Wright! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “I believe in a hardheaded art,…

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January 6, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.”

  Happy birthday, E. L. Doctorow! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “Writing is an exploration. You start…

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January 5, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Show not what has been done, but what can be.”

  Happy birthday, Umberto Eco! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “I love the smell of book ink…

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January 5, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Written words can also sing.”

  Happy birthday, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o! 82, today! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “Words are the food,…

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January 4, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Freedom is creative universality, not utility.”

  Happy birthday, C. L. R. James! Here are some quotes from the historian:   “In politics, all abstract terms…

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January 3, 2020April 17, 2020 - Books, News, Reading, Writing

Big Other’s Most Anticipated Small Press Books of 2020!

  Imagine if most anticipated books lists didn’t grossly resemble each other. Imagine if they didn’t simply privilege books from…

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