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November 7, 2019 - Uncategorized

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…

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July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Uncategorized

“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…

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June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing

“Art hurts. Art urges voyages.”

  Happy birthday, Gwendolyn Brooks! Here are some quotes from her writing. “Remember that ART is refining and evocative translation…

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May 11, 2019 - Uncategorized

“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.…

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April 18, 2019 - Uncategorized

“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’…

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April 6, 2019 - Uncategorized

“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.…

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February 26, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Uncategorized

“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…

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February 24, 2019April 4, 2019 - Uncategorized

Tonight’s Big Winners!

Best Picture: Riding with Death (1988),by Jean-Michel Basquiat Best Actor: Adrian Piper Best Costume Design: Frida Kahlo Best Makeup: How…

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February 3, 2019April 4, 2019 - Art, Birthday, Film, Uncategorized

“Making a movie is like casting a spell.”

Happy birthday, Kenneth Anger! Here are some stills from Anger’s extraordinary films:

December 11, 2018February 1, 2019 - Books, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing

Guest Post: New Fiction is Psychic Occupation by Suspended Reason

New Fiction is Psychic Occupation  Fiction—or more generally, longform narrative text—has long been the handyman of culture, serving whatever functions…

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