John Madera

“Write something beautiful. Write something strong.”

Happy birthday, John Edgar Wideman! 78 today! Here are some quotes from his writings and interviews. “Good writing is…

Happy birthday, Che Guevara! Here some quotes from the revolutionary. “I have lived magnificent days.” “If you tremble with…

Happy birthday, William Butler Yeats! Here are some quotes from his writing. “We make out of the quarrel with others,…

Happy birthday, Fernando Pessoa! Here are some quotes from his writing. “To pretend is to know oneself.” “Could it…

Happy birthday, Djuna Barnes! Here are some quotes from her writing. “‘To think is to be sick.’” “‘An image…

Happy birthday, Yasunari Kawabata! Here are some quotes from his writing. “Time passed. But time flows in many streams. Like…

Happy birthday, Susan Howe! 82, today! Here are some quotes from her writing. “Originality is the discovery of how…

Happy birthday, Gwendolyn Brooks! Here are some quotes from her writing. “Remember that ART is refining and evocative translation…

Happy birthday, Prince! Lucky to have seen him perform live dozens of times. Met him once, too, at Paisley…

Happy birthday, Federico García Lorca! Here are some quotes from his writing. “Only mystery allows us to live, only…