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August 1, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Herman Melville on Life, Books, Truth, Originality, and More.

Happy birthday, Herman Melville! Here are some quotes from his writing. “It is better to fail in originality,…

July 30, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

William H. Gass on Art, Writing, Sentences, Reading, Literature, and More.

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

July 28, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

William T. Vollmann on Reading, Writing, Curiosity, and More

Happy birthday, William T. Vollmann! 62, today! Here are some quotes from the writer: “If I try not to…

July 28, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

John Ashbery on Writing, Poetry, and More

Happy birthday, John Ashbery! Here are some quotes from his writing: “I too often feel like a person I…

July 22, 2021July 23, 2021 - Books, Reading, Review, Small Presses, Writing

A Trickster’s Re-Enchantment of Sandra Dorn: A Review of Elisabeth Sheffield’s Ire Land (A Faery Tale)

By Chuck Richardson Elisabeth Sheffield’s Ire Land (A Faery Tale)’s energy and strangeness, which grow with every page, begins…

July 15, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Jacques Derrida on Writing, Language, the Impossible, and More

Happy birthday, Jacques Derrida! Here are some quotes from the philosopher: “I always dream of a pen that would…

July 15, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Walter Benjamin on Art, History, Writing, and More

Happy birthday, Walter Benjamin! Here are some quotes from the author’s texts: “The art of storytelling is reaching…

July 4, 2021July 5, 2021 - Books, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

Most Anticipated Small Press Releases: July 2021

Today, so-called Independence Day, I’m thinking about how the United States—representing about four percent of the world’s population—confines over twenty…

July 3, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Franz Kafka on Life, Death, Writing, Books, and More.

Happy birthday, Franz Kafka! Here are some quotes from the writer: “I usually solve problems by letting them…

June 26, 2021June 28, 2021 - Books, Reading, Review, Writing

Hacking the Spectacle: A Review of Tony Trigilio’s Proof Something Happened and Jack Skelley’s Dennis Wilson and Charlie Manson

By Jerome Sala In the 1960s, Guy Debord offered a now iconic description of contemporary society as “an immense…