June 2011
1 post
May 2011
5 posts
“It is a luxury to be understood.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via fever-inmymind)
“In spite of all the poetry, all the philosophy to the contrary, we are not...”
– Katherine Anne Porter (via theparisreview)
April 2011
2 posts
March 2011
4 posts
“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of...”
– e. e. cummings (via libraryland)
February 2011
3 posts
Nick Flynn
poet and nonfiction writer, Nick Flynn will be reading at The Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center (my house) Friday, February 25th at 7:30pm. it’s open to the public. and, although i can’t confirm this, i’ve heard he’s swoon-worthy. come on out!
i can confirm though, that the book having the same photo cover art as my buddies’ band, “shearwater” is one...
January 2011
2 posts
December 2010
6 posts
christmas eve greeting to earth →
The Forties
yesyes:
And in the desert cold men invented the star.
—Franz Wright
November 2010
13 posts
1 tag
check out my buddy, andy byers, and his work on... →
an interview with my buddy, Ben Engel →
On Bullshit →
a mother-son convo between my friend megan and her...
milo: mom, what’s at the bottom of space?
megan: there isn’t a bottom of space. it is bottomless.
milo: then what happens when the earth dies? (pause)
what is life?
October 2010
15 posts
“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you...”
– sagan
“No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.”
– Mario Vargas Llosa (via libraryland)
what about despair over the writing of a novel? still nothing? here’s hoping!