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, 2022 - 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, 2022 - 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, 2022 - 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, 2022 - 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