May 2013
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May 15th
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May 15th
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“Of course I loved books more than people.”
–  Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale 
May 14th
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May 14th
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“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known...”
– Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (via scribnerbooks) This.
May 14th
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May 9th
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“There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in...”
– P.G. Wodehouse
May 9th
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May 9th
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“If you are a student you should always get a good night’s sleep, unless you have...”
– Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
May 9th
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May 4th
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May 4th
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May 1st
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"How I wish he’d stuck to being himself. Instead,... →
How it feels to be the victim of a serial plagiarist.
May 1st
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“There is consternation at Wikipedia over the discovery that hundreds of...”
– James Gleick weighs in on the recent kerfuffle over Wikipedia’s sexism toward female novelists.  (via explore-blog)
May 1st
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April 2013
17 posts
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Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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“There are times when a feeling of expectancy comes to me, as if something is...”
– Sylvia Plath
Apr 16th
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Apr 16th
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120 Seconds With...Cali Chesterman
Cali is the author of “Two-Millionths Sneeze”. Day job: High school senior. 3 favorite authors: Cassandra Clare, Charles Bukowski, Augusten Burroughs. 3 artists you most admire: Artemesia Gentileschi, Henry Asencio, Henri Matisse. How do you get going with your work?: Either to pass time on the bus or procrastinating an assignment. If we googled your name, what would we find?: An...
Apr 12th
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Vol. 13 MOMENTUM: Cali Chesterman -...
“It is about two friends who are in some unspoken, petty argument. It relates to the theme of momentum because there is a need to move on: either the friend can apologize to mend the friendship or they both go on to see new, unplagued people.”—Cali *** You sneezed and filled my head with a thousand pictures. A picture is worth a thousand words, so a sneeze must be worth a...
Apr 12th
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Apr 12th
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“We must try to contribute joy to the world. … That is true no matter what our...”
– From Scott Simon’s tribute “Roger Ebert: Elegance and Empathy.
Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
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“Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends”
– Tamora Pierce
Apr 10th
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Apr 5th
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On Poetry
growing-orbits: “Poetry is a life-cherishing force. And it requires a vision— a faith, to use an old-fashioned term. Yes, indeed. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes to let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry. Yes, indeed.” Mary Oliver, from A Poetry Handbook
Apr 5th
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Apr 4th
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Apr 4th
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12 Alternatives to Goodreads →
Presented without comment.
Apr 4th
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Apr 4th
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March 2013
32 posts
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“One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones...”
– Hart Crane
Mar 27th
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Mar 27th
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120 Seconds With...Louis McGill
Louis is the author of “Hypnic Jerk”. Day job: Education reporter in New Mexico. It mostly consists of me trying not to curse in front of children. 3 favorite authors: Hunter S. Thompson, Raymond Chandler, Kurt Vonnegut. 3 artists you most admire: Salvador Dali, Jose Posada, Fancisco Goya. Apparently I like dark, weird Spanish-speaking people. How do you get going with your...
Mar 26th
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Vol. 13 MOMENTUM: Louis McGill - "Hypnic Jerk"
“‘Hypnic Jerk’ is a story about the momentum of life, and how it can run off without you if you let it.”—Louis *** It felt like a splash-down from a jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. I woke up with a start after that half-asleep feeling like I was hurtling downward. At two in the morning, I still couldn’t get to sleep. My mind reeled after the past few days. Life...
Mar 26th
Mar 26th
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“When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I’d like...”
– Annie Leibovitz
Mar 26th
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What it takes to be an author
lifeinpublishing:
Mar 26th
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Mar 26th
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Wrapping Up Volume 12: HOME
On this cold and snowy spring morning, we wanted to take a (very belated) moment to thank everyone who submitted for Vol. 12, and to the contributors who were selected to share their work. The interpretations of the theme “home” varied widely, and we enjoyed reviewing each and every piece. Check out the full post below for a recap of the volume (and our thoughts on these amazing...
Mar 25th
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Mar 25th
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“Our overblown intellectual faculties seem to be telling us both that we are...”
– The mortality paradox
Mar 25th
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The Scholastic Book Club
yeahflashback: Checking marking the books you wanted in pencil on this smudgy form was the best. :) 90s nostalgia at its finest.
Mar 21st
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Mar 19th
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“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and...”
– Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (via excessivebookshelf)
Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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20 Excellent Photos of Famous Authors Partying
penamerican: Here’s a little something to keep you all going till the weekend comes by again (Hemingway, July 1959)
Mar 18th
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Mar 16th
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Mar 15th
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“Writing is a delicious agony.”
– Gwendolyn Brooks
Mar 15th
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Mar 14th
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