This Little Art
The whole point of reparative reading is that people derive sustenance in mysterious, creative, and unforeseeable ways from work not necessarily designed to give it, and that the transmission is nontransferable and ungovernable; the whole point of reparative making is that it is reparative for the maker, which guarantees nothing in particular about
... See moreMaggie Nelson • On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
“The reader confronting the blank page. It’s like writer’s block, only in reverse.”
Ruth Ozeki • A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
accepts “art for art’s sake” as suggested by Rinzler, but as part of a self-conscious approach to writing in a minor language.
Lara Rabinovitch • Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture
