In @TheTLS I review a smart new selection of Zbigniew Herbert’s verse. One of the 20th C’s indispensable poets, Herbert wrote of and for his time but kept his eye on eternity; our era’s crises were to him acts in the unending drama of the human condition. the-tls.co.uk/literature-by-…
In "Near-Earth Object” (@PressUnbound), poet John Shoptaw emphasizes that resilience and creation are as much a part of our behavioral repertoire as violence and despoliation. New review by Lee Rossi in our Online Edition: raintaxi.com/near-earth-obje…
The thing about classics is that they are always timely. Here is Hunter S Thompson on Richard Nixon:
"that dark, venal, and incurably violent side of the American character“
“A novel worth reading is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility, of what human nature is, of what happens in the world. It’s a creator of inwardness.” —Susan Sontag buff.ly/x5hV8mQ
America, wake up. Words like 'evil' and 'stupid' are irrelevant: the man is mad. Out of his mind. Deranged. Seeing things that aren't there. He needs to be in psychiatric care. Who among you is going to admit this and take charge of the situation?
With great joy, we are recording our first audiobook. Read by Alexander Cheves himself (@BadAlexCheves), My Love Is a Beast: Confessions will be available for listeners everywhere very soon! #books#audiobooks#memoir#lgbtq#literary
Pamela Alexander, Teresa Cader and Angie Estes are reading at the shop on Wednesday, April 9th, 2025 at 7 pm. Martha Collins is giving the introductions. Please join us in person or virtually. Sign up via our website.
I will use myself up again tomorrow.
It's why my eyes stay open all night
and my heart throws itself to the stars.
To see which ones decide to stand still
and grow a constellation around me.
"Businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen."
— Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
“Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.”
—Edna St. Vincent Millay:
In very difficult times, we side with what's human, with what people have made, with what communities gather around. For us, that is books. We are here to advance books written by humans, edited by humans, designed by humans, and connecting humans. Let's keep humanity thriving, together.
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