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“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― A Short History of Progress
― A Short History of Progress
“...if you do not even understand what words say,
how can you expect to pass judgement
on what words conceal?”
― Trilogy: The Walls Do Not Fall / Tribute to the Angels / The Flowering of the Rod
how can you expect to pass judgement
on what words conceal?”
― Trilogy: The Walls Do Not Fall / Tribute to the Angels / The Flowering of the Rod
“But then, that’s the beauty of writing stories—each one is an exploratory journey in search of a reason and a shape. And when you find that reason and that shape, there’s no feeling like it."
[Peter Wild Interviews TC Boyle, 3:AM Magazine, June 2003]”
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[Peter Wild Interviews TC Boyle, 3:AM Magazine, June 2003]”
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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
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“Fiction is one of the few experiences where loneliness can be both confronted and relieved. Drugs, movies where stuff blows up, loud parties -- all these chase away loneliness by making me forget my name's Dave and I live in a one-by-one box of bone no other party can penetrate or know. Fiction, poetry, music, really deep serious sex, and, in various ways, religion -- these are the places (for me) where loneliness is countenanced, stared down, transfigured, treated.”
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David Foster Wallace
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A group for the amazing work of David Foster Wallace, now deceased. RIP 1962-2008 Feel free to add his books to the bookshelf for the group.
The Rough South
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— last activity Jun 30, 2023 03:12AM
If you started as a fan of William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor and then found your way to Harry Crews, Barry Hannah, Larry Brown, Melinda Haynes, D ...more
Short Story lovers
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— last activity Oct 13, 2024 01:51PM
For people who especially love short stories, and don't care who knows it! ...more
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