January 2011
20 posts
“Now listen, life is lovely, but I Can’t Live It. I can’t even explain. I know...”
– — Anne Sexton, A Self-Portrait in Letters (via bunnymitford) (via awritersruminations, bunnymitford) (via libraryland)
Anne Sexton, one of my favorite poets of all time.
“Whatever your life, it is urging you to record it - to embrace the crumbs with...”
– Natalie Goldberg, from Old Friend from Far Away
Interview with Author and Artist Natalie Goldberg →
An enlightening interview with the amazing Natalie Goldberg. Her book Writing Down the Bones has always been one of my favorite books on writing, and after reading this interview, I am excited to go pick up her book on memoir writing tomorrow!
“We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human...”
– Ursula K. Le Guin (via libraryland)
Words to Live By
mizjenkins:
“Let every bookworm, when in any fragrant, scarce, old tome he discovers a...”
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge (via cinderellainrubbershoes)
Top 15 Albums of 2010
15. Best Coast – Crazy for You
14. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
13. Stars – The Fives Ghosts
12. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
11. The National – High Violet
10. Damien Jurado – Saint Bartlett
9. Sam Amidon – I Saw the Sign
8. Beach House – Teen Dream
7. Vampire Weekend - Contra
6. Bonobo – Black Sand
5. Twin Shadow – Forget
4. Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
3. Sleigh Bells – Treats
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The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok →
Really fascinating memoir by Mira Bartok. The excerpt in the article is exquisite.
