Happy birthday, J. G. Ballard! Here are some quotes from the writer’s writing: “In a totally sane society, madness…
Henry David Thoreau on Life, Art, Freedom, and More
Happy birthday, Henry David Thoreau! Here are some quotes from his writing: “You must get your living by…
Literature as Time-Space Travel: On DeWitt Henry’s Foundlings: Found Poems from Prose
By Richard Wertime A culling? A sampling? No; much better: DeWitt Henry’s Foundlings: Found Poems from Prose is an…
10th Anniversary Flash Fiction Contest!
Win a chance to read with Elaine Equi, Robert Lopez, Dawn Raffel, and John Yau at #YeahYouWrite in NYC on January 14, 2020!* Contest Guidelines: Entries…
“If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.”
Happy birthday, Cormac McCarthy! 86, today! “I’ve seen the meanness of humans till I dont know why God aint…
“Art hurts. Art urges voyages.”
Happy birthday, Gwendolyn Brooks! Here are some quotes from her writing. “Remember that ART is refining and evocative translation…
“I don’t believe less is more. I believe that more is more. I believe that less is less, fat fat, thin thin, and enough is enough.”
Happy birthday, Stanley Elkin! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews. “The rules are to form perfect sentences.…
“Literature is that which denounces and slashes apart the repressing machine at the level of the signified.”
Happy birthday, Kathy Acker! Here are some quotes from her writing. “At a certain point I realized that the ‘I’…
“Sentimentality is a form of fatigue.”
Happy birthday, Leonora Carrington! Here are some quotes from the artist and writer. “There are things that are not sayable.…
“Ninety percent of everything is crud.”
Happy birthday, Theodore Sturgeon! “A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem and…