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Being able to change perspective and direction, even and perhaps especially when the stakes are high, is one of the hallmarks of creative thought.
Artist’s Date, New York Weekend Edition: Library Way We walk around all day with our heads full of swirling thoughts, doubting thoughts, thoughts that pull us away from what matters, thoughts that threaten against our better intentions to define and direct us. What if we placed in our way a few reminders of simpler but …
“A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul.” ~ Leo Tolstoy Everyone is talking about the prolonged winter weather. On this second day after the vernal equinox, with spring break and baseball’s opening day only days away, we …
“If the soul
has a smell,
it’s the smell
of old books.”
~ Andre Dubus III, speaking at AWP 2013 of the 40 boxes of his father’s library
Oscar’s Gift Reading Guide: Day 26 Books Published in the Early 1900s “The lid came off with a loud creak and a small cloud of dust and packing straw. Inside were books. More books than I had ever seen in one place. More books than I had seen even in a school.” ~ Oscar’s Gift …