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October 15, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Italo Calvino on Writing, Reading, Memory, Cities, and More

  Happy birthday, Italo Calvino! Here are quotes from the writer.   “What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other…

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Four Poems, by Jessie Janeshek

  The Descent of Louise Brooks Matches My Mood all the way back to the sad thirties westerns the progressive…

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