Why I adore the night. It's human to want light and warmth.
Our pagan ancestors had a calendar of fire festivals, and God's first recorded words, according to the Hebrew Bible, were: "Let there be light. " Night belongs to the dark side, literally and metaphorically: ghosts, scary monsters, robbers, the unknown. Electricity's triumph over the night keeps us safer as well as busier. But whatever extends the day loses us the dark. We now live in a fast-moving, fully lit world where night still happens, but is optional to experience. About - Jeanette Winterson. Jeanette was born in Manchester, UK, in 1959.
Her mother was 17, and worked in a factory called Raffles, sewing overcoats for Marks and Spencer. 1 of 10 children herself, Ann couldn’t keep her new daughter and she was adopted by Jack and Constance Winterson who raised her in the nearby town of Accrington. Constance Winterson, circa 1945 Jeanette’s new parents were Pentecostals – a religious evangelical group who read the read the Bible more or less literally, and believe in the Second Coming of Christ and the End of the World. E. E. Cummings – Since feeling is first. Poetry: 'Ask for Nothing' Ask for Nothing Instead walk alone in the evening heading out of town toward the fields asleep under a darkening sky; the dust risen from your steps transforms itself into a golden rain fallen earthward as a gift from no known god.
The plane trees along the canal bank the few valley poplars, hold their breath as you cross the wooden bridge that leads. Philip Levine Travel Pouch – Academy of American Poets Shop. Even the sudden tumbling finches have fled into smoke, and the one road whitened in moonlight leads everywhere.
—Philip Levine Item particulars: 9"L x 4.5" W100% Organic Cotton CanvasUnlinedProduced through a fair-trade agreement in India by Freeset BagsScreen-printed in Academy ochre and blackWhite zipper closure. Culture - The 21st Century’s 12 greatest novels. 12.
Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex (2002) What are the greatest novels of the opening years of this tumultuous century? Home - Catherine Hiller. The Joy of Reading Graham Greene — The Atlantic. An interview with Pico Iyer about his latest book, a memoir about his relationship with Greene's work Random House For nearly 25 years, Pico Iyer's books and essays have examined the intimate cross-cultural fascinations, discoveries, and contradictions of an ever-shrinking world.
Eloquent and at times deeply philosophical, his writing explores the personal and social complexities that arise not just from displacement, but from attachment as well. Iyer's newest book, The Man Within My Head, documents the author's lifelong fascination with English writer Graham Greene, and "the power of art to make us feel human, to identify parts of ourselves we never otherwise could have articulated. " Journeying into Greene's books—often amid physical sojourns in places like Cuba, Mexico, Ethiopia, Burma, and Sri Lanka—Iyer moves from reportage and criticism into a haunted and acutely personal examination of his own life. New Selected Poems - Philip Levine. BBC Believes You Only Read 6 of These Books... Modern Library 100 Best Novels. Anti-intellectualism is taking over the US. Recently, I found out that my work is mentioned in a book that has been banned, in effect, from the schools in Tucson, Arizona.
The anti-ethnic studies law passed by the state prohibits teachings that "promote the overthrow of the United States government," "promote resentment toward a race or class of people," "are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group," and/or "advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals. " The Literary United States: A Map of the Best Book for Every State. Quirky novelist Lois Leveen talks about being from mall-land, race in America and Hollywood interest in her book.
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Leveen rode her bike to a meeting at the Southeast Portland coffee shop Crema. Her bike has a leopard-painted frame, and her bike helmet has fuzzy ears on top attached with velcro. Leveen is quirky. Her Wikipedia entry is full of helpful information: she wrote an essay "about her father's mid-life crisis as a figure skater. " She wrote another "critical of the television character 'Dora the Explorer.'" All that is interesting stuff, great background material, but it's not why I'm here.
How long have you lived in Portland? 14 years. Where did you come from? I'll tell you Los Angeles, but I was there for graduate school so don't hold it against me. But I love Los Angeles! For somebody who bicycles to pick up her organic farm share, I retain a perverse love of Los Angeles. Talking JULIET’S NURSE with Lois Leveen. It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers. I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get my hands on some fucking gourds and arrange them in a horn-shaped basket on my dining room table.
Guillaume Apollinaire -Poème lu au mariage d’André Salmon- Lena Dunham's book proposal? : girls. The Banned Words List on Eater National - Words.