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Poetry by Charles Simic: One of the things I'm grateful for
For the mother and father who read to me, for the library card I remember signing the very first time before I could even write my last name, for the people I’ve met who loved books as much I do… more →
Sound of Building
Start in the middle and fight our way out.
soundofbuilding wrote 7 months ago: Fighting our way out “When we read, we start at the beginning and continue until we reach the … more →
What the Best College Teachers Do
soundofbuilding wrote 7 months ago: From http://kprichardson.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/what-the-best-college-teachers-do-epilogue/ What t … more →
On Fear
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soundofbuilding wrote 7 months ago: From Marie Curie “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” … more →
On Becoming Great
longwoodwriting wrote 7 months ago: Words To Remember Over The Holidays 1 hour ago by alexodom. “Keep away from people who try to beli … more →
The Memoir Changes: Nuala O'Faolain
soundofbuilding wrote 7 months ago: A bit on memoir from the wonderful and painfully missed Nuala O’Faolain Novels are completed w … more →
Poetry by Charles Simic: One of the things I'm grateful for
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soundofbuilding wrote 7 months ago: For the mother and father who read to me, for the library card I remember signing the very first tim … more →
Stops the Heart Exploding
soundofbuilding wrote 8 months ago: From Jeanette Winerson Language is what stops the heart exploding. Read the whole essay at http://w … more →
What Keeps Mankind Alive?....Waits' Way
soundofbuilding wrote 8 months ago: What Keeps Mankind Alive : Performed by Tom Waits (Weill/Brecht) You gentlemen who think you have a … more →
RIP Studs Terkel
soundofbuilding wrote 8 months ago: From the late Studs Terkel “Take it easy, but take it.” Amen to that. … more →
Another and Another: Reading as Inseparable from Life
soundofbuilding wrote 8 months ago: From “Another and Another Before That: Some Thoughts on Reading” by Carl Phillips One wa … more →
Lest We Forget: The Constitution
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soundofbuilding wrote 8 months ago: Lest we forget: – The United States Constitution ©1791. All Rights Reserved “Congress sh … more →
Understand Backwards But...
soundofbuilding wrote 8 months ago: Soren Kierkegaard Life must be understood backwards; but… it must be lived forward.” … more →
Hungry For Love
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soundofbuilding wrote 8 months ago: From Mother Teresa There is no great difference in the reality of one country or another, because it … more →
Advice to Writers From Wallace Stevens
soundofbuilding wrote 9 months ago: From Wallace Stevens Be thou the voice, not you. … more →
Sailing through: blessing the boats by Lucille Clifton
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soundofbuilding wrote 9 months ago: blessing the boats by Lucille Clifton (at St. Mary’s) may the tide that is entering even now t … more →
Our Effect on Other People
soundofbuilding wrote 9 months ago: From Lucy Grealy “Part of the job of being human is to consistently underestimate our effect o … more →
Makin' Rain
soundofbuilding wrote 9 months ago: From Mad Men “The Jet Set” 2008 Roger Sterling (John Slattery) to Duck Phillips (Mark Mo … more →
What Work Is by Phillip Levine
soundofbuilding wrote 9 months ago: In times of crisis, we learn, and love wins. What Work Is by Phillip Levine We stand in the rain in … more →
Mine Honor
soundofbuilding wrote 9 months ago: From Shakespeare’s King Richard II, Act I, Scene I, Line 18283 Mine honor is my life; both gro … more →
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