February 2021 – Page 2

David Foster Wallace on Writing, Fiction, Freedom, and More

Happy birthday, David Foster Wallace! Here are some quotes from the writer: “The truth will set you free. But…

Happy birthday, Audre Lorde! Here are some quotes from the writer: “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the…

Happy birthday, J. M. Coetzee! 81, today! Here are some quotes from the author: “Unimaginable perhaps, but the…

Happy birthday, Gerhard Richter! 89, today! Here are some paintings by and quotes from the artist. “Art is…

Happy birthday, Micah Zevin! Celebrate by reading these Zevin poems we published in 2019! Four of these poems were subsequently…

Happy birthday, William S. Burroughs! Here are some quotes from this writer’s provocative writing: “The word is now…

Happy birthday, Robert Coover! 89, today, and still kicking fiction’s keister! Here are some quotes from a writer whose…

Happy birthday, Gertrude Stein! Here’s a selection of quotes from her marvelous writing: “Writing and reading is to…

Here are some compelling forthcoming February 2021 small press books that captured my attention: Harold Jaffe’s BRUT: Writings on…