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Seven Years Later…
…you are still missed.
Kurt Vonnegut in his U.S. Army days
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”-Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
11 April: John O’Hara
John O’Hara died on 11 April 1970.
John O’Hara, 1945
“They say great themes make great novels…but what these young writers don’t understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.”-John O’Hara
[Book Nerd News] Peter Matthiessen is Dead
Peter Matthiessen, 1927-2014 [courtesy the Paris Review]
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“I don’t believe that responsibility in an author ever worked. I don’t believe that any author ever did any good because he was feeling a responsibility. I believe some authors instinctively feel a certain love for the human being, and they will do a lot of good, I hope. And some of the ones don’t, and that’s all.”-Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir Drawing by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1901
You’ll Never Perfect Your Craft
How does that make you feel?
You’ll never perfect your craft.
The idea that you can perfect your craft is a chimera, a distraction.
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Allen Ginsberg Quote
[Book Nerd News] Arthur Conan Doyle/Edgar Allan Poe
- AN UPDATE ON SAVE UNDERSHAW: Arthur Conan Doyle’s house to be converted into special school [courtesy The Guardian]
- Boston’s Edgar Allan Poe Statue Will Be Unveiled in October [courtesy Boston Magazine]
Happy 100th Birthday, Marguerite Duras!
Marguerite Duras was born on 4 April 1914.
“She had lived her early years as though she were waiting for something she might, but never did, become.”-Marguerite Duras, The Ravishing of Lol Stein
The tomb of Marguerite Duras
3 April 1783: Washington Irving, American Dreamboat
Washington Irving, a titan in the annals of American Literature, was born on 3 April 1783.
“There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.”-Washington Irving
Surprisingly, the father of Ichabod and Rip was something of a dreamboat as a young man.
Washington Irving at 22.
Portrait of Washington Irving by John Wesley Jarvis, 1809.
Washington Irving in 1820.
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