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William Faulkner on Writing, Art, Life, Time, and More

Happy birthday, William Faulkner! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good…

Happy birthday, William Carlos Williams! Here are some quotes from the Puerto Rican writer: “beauty is a defiance…

Happy birthday, Richard Wright! Here are some quotes from the writer: “All literature is protest.” “The artist…

Happy birthday, Antonin Artaud! Here some quotes from the playwright, poet, actor, and director’s writings: “No one has ever written,…

Happy birthday, Julio Cortázar! Here are some quotes from the writer: “‘What good is a writer if he…

By Jeffery Renard Allen In an illuminating essay written not long before his death, the celebrated German novelist W.…

Happy birthday, Jorge Luis Borges! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Reality is not always probable, or…

Happy birthday, Annie Proulx! 87, today! “I read omnivorously, I always have, my entire life. I would rather…

Happy birthday, James Baldwin! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Artists are here to disturb the peace.”…

Happy birthday, William H. Gass! Here are some quotes from his books, interviews, etc. Speaking of interviews, read my career-spanning…