John Madera

“The creative impulse, Eros breathing and dreaming within us, is radical to the core.”

Happy birthday, Rikki Ducornet! 76, today! Addressing “our culture’s disdain for the artist,” Rikki Ducornet, in my podcast with her…

Happy birthday, Kathy Acker! Here are some quotes from her writing. “At a certain point I realized that the ‘I’…

Happy birthday, Bob Kaufman! Here are some of his poems. Walking Parker Home Sweet beats of jazz impaled on…

Happy birthday, Henry James! Here are some quotes from his writing. “We work in the dark—we do what we can—we…

R.I.P., Gene Wolfe. Here are some quotes from his writing. “No man has a home unless he is master of…

Happy birthday, Samuel Beckett! Here are some quotes from his writing. “Birth was the death of him.” “Words are the…

Happy birthday, Mark Strand! Here are some quotes from his work. “Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There…

Happy birthday, Charles Baudelaire! Here are some quotes from his writing. “Always be a poet, even in prose.” “The beautiful…

Happy birthday, Donald Barthelme! Here are some quote from his writing. “[T]here is the pressure on language from contemporary culture…

Happy birthday, Leonora Carrington! Here are some quotes from the artist and writer. “There are things that are not sayable.…