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August 1, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation.”

Happy 200th birthday, Herman Melville! Here are some quotes from his writing. “Truth is ever incoherent, and when…

July 30, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Try to remember that artists in these catastrophic times, along with the serious scientists, are the only salvation for us, if there is to be any.”

Happy birthday, William H. Gass! Here are some quotes from his books, interviews, etc. “So I am still…

July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 - Featured, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Five Poems, by Albert Mobilio

Moods at Noon I was rude to the king of soap. My childhood is no excuse or even the…

July 29, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Be what you are. Give What is yours to give. Have Style. Dare.”

Happy birthday, Stanley Kunitz! Here are some quotes from the poet. “There’s grammar in my bones!” “I…

July 28, 2019July 29, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“If I try not to put limits on the curiosity, then I’m more likely to actually learn something.”

Happy birthday, William T. Vollmann! 60, today! Here are some quotes from the writer. “After all, one of…

July 28, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“I too often feel like a person I know nothing about.”

Happy birthday, John Ashbery! Here are some quotes from his writing. “Most reckless things are beautiful in some…

July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“What I do is me: for that I came.”

Happy birthday, Gerard Manley Hopkins! Here are some quotes from his writing. “What you look hard at seems…

July 28, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“‘I have no house only a shadow. But whenever you are in need of a shadow, my shadow is yours.'”

Happy birthday, Malcolm Lowry! Here are some quotes from the writer. “And this is how I sometimes think of myself,…

July 26, 2019 - Books, Featured, Interview, Podcast, Reading, Writing

Jamming Their Transmission, Episode 13: Norman Lock

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July 25, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“I hate judgments that only crush and don’t transform.”

Happy birthday, Elias Canetti! Here are some quotes from the writer. “Relearn astonishment, stop grasping for knowledge, lose…