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But then, full of longing to be someone other than I was, his work seemed perfect.
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Join NOW!But then, full of longing to be someone other than I was, his work seemed perfect.
...moreHuman beings like to make myths out of things we don’t understand.
...moreLove twists itself into fear, into statistics, into things people can live with.
...moreAre great bookstores just good capitalism? People are more concerned with being fat than with eating disorders, if we go by the number of books in each respective section at one blogger’s local bookstore. A Tennessee bookstore will include a restaurant inside of it.
...moreDavid Grann’s new book Killers of the Flower Moon explores the 1920s murders of the Osage tribe, the making of the FBI, and is a reminder of the all too recent history of betrayals that comprise America’s dark heart.
...moreWhen I’m away touring, my clothes are my connection to home, my way of feeling myself.
...moreI tried to forget again that I once meant to leave, that on a few occasions I had actually felt transported by love.
...moreColson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad won the National Book Award on Wednesday night. In his acceptance speech he told us, “We’re happy in here; outside is the blasted hellhole wasteland of Trumpland. Be kind to everybody. Make art and fight the power.” Not only was this apt for the evening, but it also describes the […]
...moreI say I am Catholic because it is easier than telling the truth.
...moreAs I became increasingly jealous of the boys, I got angrier. This was complex because I spent the days worshipping them.
...moreMy racial awareness, perhaps even my awareness of myself as a person, self-consciousness, is a three-pronged paradox of shame, pride, and indifference.
...moreIn Episode 8 of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, poet Beth Bachmann chats about her new collection, Do Not Rise, Dolly Parton, and the demands of lyric poetry.
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