February 2012
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“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a...”
– Victor Hugo (b. 1802)
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“The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give...”
– W.E.B. Du Bois, born in 1868
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“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I...”
– Edna St. Vincent Millay (b. 1892)
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“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are gone, either write things worth...”
– Carson McCullers (b. 1917)
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the...”
– Toni Morrison, celebrating a birthday today
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I am again leaving New Orleans. The city that...
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“Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that.”
– Richard Ford
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“We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron...”
– Jules Verne, born on this day in 1828
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What has changed since the collapse of Jim Crow...
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“It is impossible to discourage the real writers—they don’t give a damn what you...”
– Sinclair Lewis (b. 1885)
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Sihem Bensedrine: Tunisia, One Year After the Arab... →
It doesn’t matter if this energy comes from below, as in the Occupy movement, or even if it is weak and not strategic. The Western system has become very lethargic; it needs to be renewed, and that’s what the young are trying to do.
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“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave...”
– William S. Burroughs (b. 1914)
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In celebration of Paul Auster’s birthday today,...
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“A man’s errors are his portals of discovery.”
– James Joyce, born on this day in 1882
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On the train going across the Mississippi River,...
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“Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.”
– Former PEN President Norman Mailer