How Are We To Know?
“The trick is,” Xenon was saying, “to find the right books to read.” This was a long time ago. Xenon, …
Tag Archives: literature
For Madmen Only!
I’ve slackened the pace of posting these days. Taking a step back. Changing the rhythm. No crisis here at home, …
She…And The Poetry Open Mic (Again)
“For it is one of the curiosities and difficulties of our subject that its materials come to us for the …
A Post Containing Every Quote Imaginable
Alright everybody, settle down. Take your seats. Stow the mobile devices—Janey and Bobby-Joe can wait an hour for your latest …
The Last Art Gallery (Part II)
“I stepped onto the stone with both feet and this is what I saw. Again the glowing puff of cloud …
The Last School
I vividly recall the day I sat reading a book nearly twenty-five years ago and my literature professor scurried by, …
GraceHoper, When You Can Snatch The Pebble From My Hand…
I was a teacher once. I even taught an ex-diplomat, an amazing man who had been Canadian High Commissioner to …
On The Pedestalizing Of Books
“Privation and suffering alone can open the mind of a man to all that is hidden to others.”—Words of the …
Damn! Back To Quoting…
“And will it be always so? Surely, in its great lines. Life changes it’s instruments and its decorations, but never …
Books Are Great… But Wisdom Is Right Here, Right Now
No flowery tongued quotes today. Been falling back on ’em too much lately. The problem with quoting is it tends …
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