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All around them spreads a phantasmagoric, Ordovician fairy tale. It’s morning like the morning when life first came up on dry land.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
His gallantry reliably extends to whatever is disadvantaged, homely, long-suffering, foreign or feminine. Kind to stragglers and also-rans, to well-meaning duds and worthies, and correspondingly cautious in his praise of acknowledged stars and masters, Updike’s view of twentieth-century literature is a levelling one. Talent, like life, should be av
... See moreMartin Amis • The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 (Vintage International)
When we rely deeply on other lives, there is urgency to protect them.
Robin Wall Kimmerer • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
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Hillary Jordan • Anonymous Sex
“The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop “Leaving One” by Ralph Angel “A Cat in an Empty Apartment” by Wisława Szymborska “Apples” by Deborah Digges “Michiko Nogami (1946–1982)” by Jack Gilbert “Eating Alone” by Li-Young Lee “The Potter” by Peter Levitt “Black Dog, Red Dog” by Stephen Dobyns “The Word” by Mark Cox “Death” by Maurycy Szymel “This” by Czeslaw
... See moreTimothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Their kinship will work like an unfolding book. The past always comes clearer, in the future.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
