May 30, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Film, Quotes, Reading, WritingAgnès Varda on Art, Life, Film, and More Happy birthday, Agnès Varda! Here are some quotes from the filmmaker: “You have to invent life.” “Memory is like sand… Read More
May 27, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, WritingJohn Barth on Writing, Fiction, “Passionate Virtuosity,” and More Happy birthday, John Barth! 92, today! Here are some quotes from the author: “Self-knowledge is always bad news.”… Read More
May 26, 2022August 28, 2023 - Anthology, Archives, Featured, Poetry, Reading, WritingThree Poems, by Martha Ronk dream: the dead returns while I waited listening to my own life behind the doorway— noises from the kitchen,… Read More
May 24, 2022 - Birthday, Music, Quotes, Reading, WritingBob Dylan on Art, Writing, Poetry, Chaos, and More Happy birthday, Bob Dylan! 81, today! Lucky to have seen this trickster and consummate artist perform live many times… Read More
May 22, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Music, Quotes, Reading, WritingSun 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… Read More
May 22, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, WritingLucie 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.”… Read More
May 11, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, WritingStanley 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… Read More
May 8, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, WritingThomas Pynchon on History, Truth, “Living Inside the System,” Death, and More. Happy birthday, Thomas Pynchon! 85, today! Here is Against the Day‘s Jesse’s school essay on “What It Means to… Read More