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The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present by Phillip Lopate
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“Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

— Walter Benjamin, "Unpacking My Library”
― Phillip Lopate, The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present
tags: book-collecting, books, creating, library, writers, writing
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“A young person still thinks it is possible–there is time enough–to become all things: athlete and aesthete, soldier and pacifist, anchorite and debauchee.”
― Phillip Lopate, The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present
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