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In Which We Contemplate Perspective

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Fear no more the heat o’ the sun, Nor the furious winter’s rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages: Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. – William Shakespeare, cymbaline

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In Which We Consider Individual Movement In Terms of National Identity

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Think of anything, of cowboys, of movies, of detective stories, of anybody who goes anywhere or stays home and is an American and you will realize that it is something strictly American to conceive a space that is filled with moving, a space of time that is filled always filled with moving … – Gertrude [...]

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In Which We Goad Ourselves Onward

Sunday, October 4, 2009

When you undertake to make a work of art—a novel or a clay pot—you’re not competing against anybody, except yourself and God. Can I do it better this time? – Ursula K Le Guin, from her essay The Stone Ax and the Muskoxen, collected in The Language of the Night.

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In Which We Consider the Onus of Public Services

Friday, October 2, 2009

“Library collections don’t imply endorsement; they imply access to the many different ideas of our culture, which is precisely our purpose in public life.” — Jamie LaRue, librarian.  (via Neil Gaiman) In honor of, and in reaction to, banned book week. Citizens, please note the distinction between “parent” and “government.” A well-considered response.

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In Which Our Narrator Proves He Still Lives

Thursday, July 30, 2009

“To live in contact with those I love, with the beauties of nature, with a quantity of books and music, and to have, within easy distance, a French theater.” — Marcel Proust, age 13, in answer to the question, “What is your idea of earthly happiness?” And a quote from Samuel R Delany’s About Writing: [...]

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