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Nobel Lecture by Jon Fosse
Jon Fosse reflects on his journey as a writer, influenced by childhood fear, solitude, and listening. He discusses the power of literature, silence, and the significance of the Nobel Prize.
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(„I podobnie ja k pole, posługując się tym samym po równaniem, chociaż żyzne, nie może być urodzajne bez uprawy, rów nież i dusza bez nauki. Jedna rzecz bez drugiej je st w ięc bezsilna. U p raw ą duszy zaś je st filozofia: ono w yryw a z korzeniami wady i przygotowuje dusze do przy jęcia ziarna, powierza im je i, że tak po wiem, zasiewa, aby... See more
Piotr Jaroszyński • Kultura i cywilizacja : od Cycerona do Konecznego
With that great countercultural courage of defying cynicism, Eiseley insists that it was the humans who nourished the highest in their nature by means of love, who lived with such exquisite tenderness for life in all of its expressions, that propelled our species from the caves to the cathedrals, from savagery to sonnets.
Maria Popova • Of Stars, Seagulls, and Love: Loren Eiseley on the First and Final Truth of Life
Follow the link in our bio to read our Art of Poetry interview with Louise Glück in issue no. 246 (Winter 2023).
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by W.H. Auden
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.
How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.
Admirer as I think
Maria Popova • The More Loving One: The Science of Entropy and the Art of Alternative Endings
“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
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