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As a result, though a wonderful raconteur, a man of rich humor, and possessed of an amazing fund of knowledge on subjects which interest him, Hemingway finds it difficult to talk about writing—not because he has few ideas on the subject, but rather because he feels so strongly that such ideas should remain unexpressed, that to be asked questions on them “spooks” him (to use one of his favorite expressions) to the point where he is almost inarticulate. Many of the replies in this interview he preferred to work out on his reading board. The occasional waspish tone of the answers is also part of this strong feeling that writing is a private, lonely occupation with no need for witnesses until the final work is done.
This dedication to his art may suggest a personality at odds with the rambunctious, carefree, world-wheeling Hemingway-at-play of popular conception. The fact is that Hemingway, while obviously enjoying life, brings an equivalent dedication to everything he does—an outlook that is essentially serious, with a horror of the inaccurate, the fraudulent, the deceptive, the half-baked.
"- Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 21, Ernest Hemingway
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Sonder
n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.
Did I ever mention I fucking love visual poetry? Because I fucking love visual poetry.
THIS IS SO COOL
Oh my goodness, this is beautiful.
I NEED MORE VISUAL POETRY IN MY LIFE.
at first i was like what the fuck is going on
and when i was like oh
wat omg
It took me a long time to work this out…I’m a little slow. But this is really beautiful.
"Stories you read when you’re the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you’ll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit."
- Neil Gaiman
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I know Pietari Posti for her book jacket illustrations, but you have to love these book marks for Felix Jud bookstores put them together and tell your own deep sea adventure!
I am putting this on my list of “Things I Need.”
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chrysalism
n. the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm, listening to waves of rain pattering against the roof like an argument upstairs, whose muffled words are unintelligible but whose crackling release of built-up tension you understand perfectly.
Why Gandalf Never Married by Terry Pratchett
This talk was given in 1985, after Colour of Magic was printed but before The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites.
It’s about the differences between the ways men and women of magic are portrayed in fantasy lit and it’s, of course, great because it’s Terry Pratchett speaking.
I was going to say that I need to build a shrine in my room for Pratchett… but it’s pretty much already there. This is such a glorious look at fantasy - and incredibly witty and observant, of course, because it’s him <3 “Fiction invents reality.”
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I will forever refuse to pronounce .gif as jif
Wait… is that how you’re supposed to say it? No. No no no. No.
Jess, you disappoint me. Gihf sounds silly. Jif sounds like actual English. …I mean say it however you want, obvs, idgaf, but I’ve been openly mocked for saying jif. So. I feel much justification in my life right now. Special props to Hannah for telling me just the other night that I’ve been saying it properly.
The creators of the format say jif, I say jif, therefore everyone else can just fall into line behind Team Awesome Jif (We May Also Have PeanutButter).
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"It was kind of a beautiful day, finally real summer in Indianapolis, warm and humid— the kind of weather that reminds you after a long winter that while the world wasn’t built for humans, we were built for the world."
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“The Fault in Our Stars” (John Green)
(I briefly wanted to call the book It Was Kind of a Beautiful Day, but Julie convinced me I was insane.)
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The MLA has come up with a way to cite a tweet. But…not every academic uses the MLA format. Many social sciences use the APA format.
The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal writes about the MLA’s approach to Twitter citation.
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