Happy Birthday, Lance Olsen!
Today, October 14, 2012, marks Lance Olsen‘s 56th birthday. In celebration of him and his work, and with a nod to a quote by Roland Barthes, I’ve turned most of the sentences found in the first...
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I came to the Brooklyn Library, today, intending to celebrate Roland Barthes’s birthday by finding whatever they had of his books and paging through them, allowing my eyes to land on sentences,...
View ArticleHappy 92nd Birthday, William H. Gass!
On the occasion of William H. Gass’s birthday, I’ve cherry-picked sentences from all of his books: a publishing career spanning five decades. This was no easy task, since his fictions and essays and...
View Article“The world was made in order to result in a beautiful book.”
Happy birthday, Stéphane Mallarmé! Here are some quotes from his writing. “It is in front of the paper that the artist creates himself.” “We do not write poems with ideas, but with words.” “I am...
View Article“Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival.”
Happy birthday, Octavio Paz! Here are some quotes from his writing. “Art is the opposite of dissipation, in the physical and spiritual sense of the word: it is concentration, desire that seeks...
View ArticleHappy 77th Birthday, Samuel R. Delany!
Today is Samuel R. Delany Day! Celebrate by reading his writing: fiction, memoir, criticism, essays, and letters of the highest caliber. I’m constantly inspired by Delany’s virtuosity, intelligence,...
View ArticleStéphane Mallarmé on Art, Language, Writing, Poetry, and More.
Happy birthday, Stéphane Mallarmé! Here are some quotes from his writing. “The world was made in order to result in a beautiful book.” “It is in front of the paper that the artist creates...
View ArticleOctavio Paz on Art, Life, Love, Writing, and More.
Happy birthday, Octavio Paz! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival.” “Art is the opposite of dissipation, in the physical and spiritual sense of...
View ArticleHappy 78th Birthday, Samuel R. Delany!
Today is Samuel R. Delany Day! Celebrate by reading his writing: fiction, memoir, criticism, essays, and letters of the highest caliber. I’m constantly inspired by Delany’s virtuosity, intelligence,...
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