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Inspiration from Nick Cave

November 25, 2015December 9, 2019Leave a comment

“All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it. Sometimes this idea could be the smallest thing in the world, a little flame that you … Continue reading Inspiration from Nick Cave

How To Write A Novel (It’s easier than you think!)

November 24, 2015December 9, 2019Leave a comment

Here's our member Antoine Wilson demonstrating how to write a novel. Watch and learn. https://vimeo.com/40540482

Donna Tartt Quote

September 25, 2015December 9, 2019Leave a comment

“Some things are too terrible to grasp at once. Other things - naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror - are too terrible to really grasp ever at all. It is only later, in solitude, in memory that the realization dawns: when the ashes are cold; when the mourners have departed; when one looks around and … Continue reading Donna Tartt Quote

David Foster Wallace Quote

September 9, 2015December 9, 2019Leave a comment

"What goes on inside is just too fast and huge and all interconnected for words to do more than barely sketch the outlines of at most one tiny little part of it at any given instant." David Foster Wallace

George Saunders on Fiction

August 27, 2015December 9, 2019Leave a comment

"Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another; rather, it teaches us to abide with the fact that, … Continue reading George Saunders on Fiction

Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

August 18, 2015December 9, 2019Leave a comment

“How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, … Continue reading Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

All About Books

June 12, 2015December 9, 2019Leave a comment

This week, we've found some great articles and resources all revolving around the subject of BOOKS! 1. Neil Gaiman and Kazuo Ishiguro have an interesting discussion on genre. 2. Adam Gopnik talks about what it really means for us when yet another book store closes its doors. 3. It is now common practice for Western books to be … Continue reading All About Books

Meditation on Ruin

June 4, 2015December 9, 2019Leave a comment

by Jay Hopler It’s not the lost lover that brings us to ruin, or the barroom brawl, or the con game gone bad, or the beating Taken in the alleyway. But the lost car keys, The broken shoelace, The overcharge at the gas pump Which we broach without comment — these are the things that eat … Continue reading Meditation on Ruin

From Sherwood Anderson’s “Winesburg, Ohio”

June 2, 2015December 9, 2019Leave a comment

“There is something memorable in the experience to be had by going to a fair ground that stands at the edge of a Middle Western town on a night after the annual fair has been held. The sensation is one never to be forgotten. On all sides are ghosts, not of the dead, but of … Continue reading From Sherwood Anderson’s “Winesburg, Ohio”

Kurt Vonnegut, Quote of the Day

May 21, 2015December 9, 2019Leave a comment

"The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist. ” Kurt Vonnegut, … Continue reading Kurt Vonnegut, Quote of the Day

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