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Tue, 21 May 2013 13:54:25 +0200

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camillo-longo: Bukowski

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:33:31 +0200

camillo-longo:

Bukowski

"The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:33:11 +0200

“The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feels as if the ideas contained in the book are disappearing as the pages turn to ashes and the cover and binding—which is the term for the stitching and glue that holds the pages together—blacken and curl as the flames do their wicked work. When someone is burning a book, they are showing utter contempt for all of the thinking that produced its ideas, all of the labor that went into its words and sentences, and all of the trouble that befell the author …”

- Lemony Snicket (The Penultimate Peril)

laneymcmann: Keep books dangerous

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:38 +0200

laneymcmann:

Keep books dangerous

"There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in."

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:31:35 +0200

“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”

- Leonard Cohen (via fragilis)

1001bookstoreadbeforeyoudie: Jack Kerouac’s Mug Shot. Oh, the...

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:28:52 +0200

1001bookstoreadbeforeyoudie:

Jack Kerouac’s Mug Shot.

Oh, the Beat Generation was serious, huh?

"My life story is the story of everyone I’ve ever met."

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:27:38 +0200

“My life story is the story of everyone I’ve ever met.”

- Jonathan Safran Foer (via languagemagic)

derrierelasalledebains: Paris, October 1959. Photos by Brion...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:36:31 +0200

derrierelasalledebains:

Paris, October 1959. Photos by Brion Gysin

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Fri, 17 May 2013 11:36:00 +0200

amandaonwriting: The Six Types of Writers

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:22:09 +0200

amandaonwriting:

The Six Types of Writers

"I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction and poetry who has ever..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:21:04 +0200

“I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction and poetry who has ever published a line has been accused by someone of wasting his or her God-given talent. If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose) someone will try to make you feel lousy about it.”

- Stephen King, On Writing (via nickmiller)

rreess: Abandoned France

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:19:09 +0200

rreess:

Abandoned France

litvideos: Jim Morrison on why fat is beautiful.

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:17:43 +0200

litvideos:

Jim Morrison on why fat is beautiful.

Human Detritus Book Giveaway

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:47:41 +0200

Human Detritus Book Giveaway:

My new book, BROKEN ABROAD, will be available later this month. In the meantime, the Kindle version of my previous collection, HUMAN DETRITUS, is FREE this weekend.

Nine stories. Zero dollars. You can just have it.

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Thu, 09 May 2013 18:15:36 +0200

fuckyeahwritersquotesandwisdom: “Can you be happy with the ads, and the movies, and the clothes in...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:12:57 +0200

fuckyeahwritersquotesandwisdom:

“Can you be happy with the ads, and the movies, and the clothes in the store, and the doctors, and the eyes down the street all telling you what’s wrong with you? No. You cannot. Because you, poor darling baby, believe them”.

- Katherine Dunn

awesomepeoplereading: Hemingway reads. theparisreview: More...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:10:46 +0200

awesomepeoplereading:

Hemingway reads.

theparisreview:

More than two thousand papers and other materials from Ernest Hemingway’s Havana estate, Finca Vigia, are being transferred to the Library of Congress. These will include passports showing Hemingway’s travels and letters commenting on such works as “The Old Man and the Sea.”

For more of this morning’s roundup, click here.

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Thu, 09 May 2013 18:09:56 +0200

sairobee: but i wanted to use that thing in my hands: a memoir

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:57:54 +0200

sairobee:

but i wanted to use that thing in my hands: a memoir

"Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay...."

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:53:00 +0200

“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I’m always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system.”

- Flannery O’Connor