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May 11, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Stanley Elkin on Writing, Sentences, Fiction, and More

Happy birthday, Stanley Elkin! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews: “Make a thing that never…

May 10, 2023August 28, 2023 - Birthday, Folio, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Five Poems, by Jennifer Maritza McCauley

Happy birthday, Jennifer Maritza McCauley! Celebrate by reading these McCauley poems we published in Puerto Rican Writers Folio: A Hauntology!…

May 8, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Thomas Pynchon on History, Truth, “Living Inside the System,” Death, and More

Happy birthday, Thomas Pynchon! 86, today! Here is Against the Day‘s Jesse’s school essay on “What It Means to Be…

May 5, 2023May 7, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Karl Marx on History, Labor, Class, Revolution, and More

Happy birthday, Karl Marx! Here are some quotes from the author’s writing: “Revolutions are the locomotives of history.” …

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Four Fictions, by Osama Alomar

Happy birthday, Osama Alomar! Celebrate by reading these Alomar fictions we published in 2019! Explosions…Explosions Fathi is on the…

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Christine Schutt on Writing, Reading, Teaching, Sentences, and More

Happy birthday, Christine Schutt, who always magnificently dissolves the so-called boundaries between poetry and prose! Christine’s evocative, lapidary writing…

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 - Books, Fiction, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

Happy Short Story Month!

May is Short Story Month! Every month is Short Story Month! Happy Short Story Month! Celebrate by reading a…

April 30, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Annie Dillard on Art, Life, Reading, and Writing

Happy birthday, Annie Dillard! 78, today! Here are some quotes from her writing: “Write as if you were…

April 30, 2023 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Past Hertz, by Hillary Leftwich

Happy birthday, Hillary Leftwich! Celebrate by reading this Leftwich fiction we published in 2020! It was subsequently published in The…

April 28, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Roberto Bolaño on Writing, Reading, Literature, and More

Happy birthday, Roberto Bolaño! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Write in the morning, revise in the…