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February 12, 2014

I romanticized you

to the point where

the knives you
 pressed
into my skin

began to look
like
...


I romanticized you



to the point where



the knives you
 pressed


into my skin



began to look


like
 Cupid’s arrows.


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Published on February 12, 2014 15:26

"In the end, I listen to my fear. It keeps me awake, resounding...



"In the end, I listen to my fear. It keeps me awake, resounding through the frantic beating in my breast. It is there in the dry terror in my throat, in the pricking of the rats’ nervous feet in the darkness. Christian has not come home all the night long. I know, for I have lain in this darkness for hours now with my eyes stretched wide, yearning for my son’s return."


— from the novel Sinful Folk


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Published on February 12, 2014 07:01

February 11, 2014

"NIKKI MCCLURE ON ART:

Mistakes are OK. They’re not something I really set out to make — that’s not..."

NIKKI MCCLURE ON ART:



Mistakes are OK. They’re not something I really set out to make — that’s not really a mistake, is it? But when I make one, it’s not the end of the world. It opens all these possibilities for me, because if I’ve already ruined it, then it can’t get any worse. You’re free to try all these things that you wouldn’t necessarily try if you were going to mess up the most beautiful picture you’ve ever made. You’re not going to take that risk. But once you’ve made that mistake, you’re able to take the risk, and those pictures have actually become my favorite pictures.



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Great interview with Sinful Folk illustrator Nikki McClure.


Paper cut artist & author Nikki McClure, on mistakes in her intricate work. Read the rest of Powell’s interview with Nikki here »

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Published on February 11, 2014 11:01

"The valley where our village of Duns rests is surrounded by...



"The valley where our village of Duns rests is surrounded by forested hills. The path from our village to the King’s Highway is no road at all; it is a crooked line of mud rutted with cart tracks, a rough trough where the dirty snow is stabbed through by the hooves of feral sheep.


To the east, that faint track leads up through the forest until it reaches, finally, the open country and paths that lead to other places.”


— from the novel SINFUL FOLK



PHOTO: nordvarg: (500px / Rocky Mountain High by Bob Vishneski)

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Published on February 11, 2014 10:01

"There must be many books, many lovely pines, to shield from hungry eyes the book that really..."

“There must be many books, many lovely pines, to shield from hungry eyes the book that really matters, the wretched cave of our misfortune, the magic flower of winter!”

- Roberto Bolaño, 2666 (via beanstation)
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Published on February 11, 2014 07:01

RIP Shirley Temple Black —

Great bookish picture —...



RIP Shirley Temple Black —



Great bookish picture — Will Rogers reads to Shirley Temple.

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Published on February 11, 2014 06:38

February 10, 2014

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Published on February 10, 2014 16:35

A wordle of all the words in the new medieval novel
SINFUL...



A wordle of all the words in the new medieval novel


SINFUL FOLK, by Ned Hayes and New York Times bestseller Nikki McClure

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Published on February 10, 2014 10:01

“Spring grew into summer, and the rhythm of my life now...



“Spring grew into summer, and the rhythm of my life now included Nell. I learned that her secret thyme and mint beds were deep in the woods, out by the chuckling stream that disappeared underground. She gathered plants she needed every day, and she was as a child who gathers flowers in May.”



— from the novel SINFUL FOLK

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Published on February 10, 2014 07:00

February 9, 2014

Life As A Reader

Life As A Reader:

bookworldau:




When your favourite author announces a new book.
imageIT’S SO EXCITING.


image When you’re a few chapters away from the end of a great book, and you think about putting the book down and living in the book’s world forever.


image
Let’s face it, you HAVE to finish it.

imageWhen a book is released in…

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Published on February 09, 2014 16:39