Reading
On books, reading, and writers.
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Beloved Dust
And you as well must die, beloved dust, And all your beauty stand you in no stead, This flawless, vital hand, this perfect head, This…
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Rage Against the Dying of the Light
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the…
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Lovely in Her Bones
I knew a woman, lovely in her bones, When small birds sighed, she would sigh back at them; Ah, when she moved, she moved more…
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On Two Planets: Anti-colonialist German sci fi from the 19th century
On Two Planets by Kurd Lasswitz (or Laßwitz) may be the first science fiction novel to imagine an alien invasion. Published in 1897, it’s about…
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Make Bright the Arrows
Make bright the arrows Gather the shields: Conquest narrows The peaceful fields. Stock well the quiver With arrows bright: The bowman feared Need never fight.…
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All That Is Sacred: Jim Harrison, Tom McGuane, Richard Brautigan and Jimmy Buffett in 1970s Key West
We go through life with a diminishing portfolio of enthusiasms. F. Scott Fitzgerald This quote must’ve been popular in 1970s Key West. Thomas McGuane uses…
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