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“The past need not be so all-encompassing that it renders us incapable of making egg salad.”
― Tom Lake
― Tom Lake
“And life is, I am sure, made of poetry. Poetry is not alien--poetry is, as we will see, lurking round the corner. It may spring on us at any moment.”
― This Craft of Verse
― This Craft of Verse
“A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on. A psychotic is a guy who's just found out what's going on.”
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The Mookse and the Gripes
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Forum for spirited and convivial discussion of fiction from around the world, with particular though not exclusive focus on 20th and 21st century fict ...more
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