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May 28, 2021August 28, 2023 - Anthology, Archives, Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

The Weight of Lost Objects, by Dawn Raffel

  The bracelet—a double, really, made of two gold strands—was a college graduation gift from my elegant great-aunt. This was…

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May 27, 2021January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

John Barth on Writing, Fiction, “Passionate Virtuosity,” and More

  Happy birthday, John Barth! 91, today! Here are some quotes from the author:   “Self-knowledge is always bad news.”…

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May 26, 2021January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Music, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Miles Davis on Life, Music, Creation, and More

  Happy birthday, Miles Davis! Here are some quotes from the musician:   “Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not…

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May 26, 2021August 29, 2023 - Anthology, Archives, Books, Reading, Review, Small Presses, Writing

Choi Seungja’s Visionary Alternatives to Capital’s Alienations

A Review of Choi Seungja’s Phone Bells Keep Ringing for Me (Action Books) By Tom DeBeauchamp   Sorrow, like a…

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May 24, 2021January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Music, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Bob Dylan on Art, Writing, Poetry, Chaos, and More

  Happy birthday, Bob Dylan! 80, today! Lucky to have seen this trickster and consummate artist perform live many times…

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May 22, 2021January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Music, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Sun Ra on Music, Freedom, the Impossible, and More

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

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May 22, 2021January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Lucie Brock-Broido on Writing, Poetry, Wonderment, and More

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

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May 12, 2021May 13, 2021 - Birthday, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Joseph Beuys on Art, Language, Creativity, Revolution, and More

  Happy birthday, Joseph Beuys! Here are some quotes from the artist.   “I think art is the only political…

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May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Stanley Elkin on Writing, Sentences, Fiction, and More

  Happy birthday, Stanley Elkin! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews:   “Make a thing that never…

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May 10, 2021August 28, 2023 - Archives, Fiction, Reading, Writing

The Age of Flesh and Fire, by Norman Lock

  “More bird, Goodman Page?” asked the stout Master Buxton as he sawed a leg from a goose sitting, solemn…

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