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“How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics in the 20th century.”
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“I kept thinking, I'm wearing way too many clothes! And I fled. Finally night fell and I looked up at the moon that shone over Morningside Heights, its white soft beam so limpid, full of the poetry of Shakespeare and the Caribbean and George Eliot --- the antithesis I suppose of the hot lights I had grown to need. How relaxed, how relieved I now felt, in the white moonlight. Relieved of the chore of playing with the big boys. My clothes seemed to fit again, I became myself. The moon's fleecy lambency corralled my pieces and re-linked us, we joined "hands" as it were, and sang and danced in a circle, very Joseph Campbell, "me" regnant, manhood ceremonial. Birth of the hero. I became Kevin Killian. Did I make a mistake?”
― Fascination: Memoirs
― Fascination: Memoirs
“[Dagmar] Krause's material, on the other hand, is the kind of lunar voyage that reminds one how fortunate we are that a few record execs smoked dope in the late 1960s; how else could this music have slipped through the cracks?”
― Henry Cow: The World Is a Problem
― Henry Cow: The World Is a Problem
“... there are two kinds of labyrinths: those you are born into and must escape, and those you choose to enter in search of what lies inside.”
― The Archive of Alternate Endings
― The Archive of Alternate Endings
“Magic is absurd. It is a system of thinking that does not work and does not get one anywhere," said the friar.
"It works, but it does not get one anywhere," said Vance.
"But it is very beautiful. Magic is an art that pleases the eye and the ear," said Bulbul.”
― The Arabian Nightmare
"It works, but it does not get one anywhere," said Vance.
"But it is very beautiful. Magic is an art that pleases the eye and the ear," said Bulbul.”
― The Arabian Nightmare
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We read literary fiction from 2000 to present, with the intent of finding those literary gems of timeless and enduring quality. We're less focused o ...more
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This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of ...more
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For people who read an eclectic mix of books. We like variety, new experiences and intelligent, thoughtful, funny conversation. We like our shelves bu ...more
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A group that discusses experimental writing and avant-garde works.
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