January 2011
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“The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that...”
– James Baldwin, “The Creative Process”, 1962.
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This is not Kerouac. This is an ad.
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push...
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'On the Road' film wraps up shooting in San... →
I’m pretty excited about the “On The Road” movie, especially after reading this article, because it shows how much care they’re putting into the production. Whether that will ultimately make it good, who knows, but it seems like they’re going in the right direction. Jack always wanted it to be made into a movie, so I hope they’ll do it justice. At any rate, I...
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subterranean homesick alien blues
don’t steal, don’t lift, 20 years of schoolin’ and they put you on the day shift
oh bobby d, you’re the best.
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six by nine - a six-word storypoem
Listen to neighbors talk, 5 am.
Why are they awake so early?
Why am I awake so early?
The prairie darkness hasn’t yet lifted.
Mountains are invisible on the horizon.
Not yet morning, not yet day.
It doesn’t even matter which day.
Cat has curled up beside me.
No light in the Colorado morning.
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“A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other...”
– Thomas Mann (via shinbora)
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Up on Housing Project Hill, it’s either fortune or...
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six-word story, #1 (tongue-in-cheek)
The immediacy of Tumblr is terrifying.
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ginsberg's "things I'll not do (nostalgias")
this is supposedly the last poem he wrote.
Things I’ll Not Do (Nostalgias) by Allen Ginsberg Never go to Bulgaria, had a booklet & invitation Same Albania, invited last year, privately by Lottery scammers or recovering alcoholics, Or enlightened poets of the antique land of Hades Gates Nor visit Lhasa live in Hilton or Ngawang Gelek’s household & weary ascend Potala Nor ever...
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six-word stories
are my new favorite thing. i’ve been going on narrative magazine’s website lately, and they feature all these awesome different kinds of fiction, including a lot of flash types…which is where i found six-word stories.
okay no that’s not true because mcgill university, my dear alma mater, somehow caught onto six-word stories a few years ago and had people write some to put...
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bobby d makes life better.
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bukowski. here, an opening passage from him.
“nobody but you”, by charles bukowski.
nobody but you
nobody can save you but yourself. you will be put again and again into nearly impossible situations. they will attempt again and again through subterfuge, guise and force to make you submit, quit and /or die quietly inside.
nobody can save you but yourself and it will be easy enough to fail so very easily but don’t,...
