“The Ninth of March, Two Thousand and Twenty”
This is what I want to tell you:
we had to stop. We knew it.
We all felt that our living was much too furious.
Inside things. Outside ourselves.
Shake each single hour—make it bloom
~ Mariangela Gualtieriwe had to stop. We knew it.
We all felt that our living was much too furious.
Inside things. Outside ourselves.
Shake each single hour—make it bloom
They've announced the shortlists in the ten categories of this year's NSW Premier's Literary Awards, "the richest state-funded literary awards" in Australia; see either the press release (warning ! dreaded pdf format !) or the drop-down menu (seriously ??!?) main awards page.
Open Wide: Dentists Pressured To Drill Healthy Teeth, Ex-employees Say Newsy. Another private equity scam.
This recession is nothing like previous ones and so it has to be managed very differently Tax Research UK
In literature, a disease is not just a disease. It is a return of the repressed, a manifestation of an eternal crisis Restoring Crisis
Much of the poetry we love most is wistful and regret-filled. Why? The all-too human hankering for things to be other than they are. Michael Dirda explains
Through Umberto Eco’s eyes, the library functions not to enlighten, but to disorient — to overwhelm your self-confidence Umber to Eco
Umberto Eco And A State Of Doubt
What the library tells you is not that there is that much to read, but that there are no limits as to how much there is to know. The essence of the library is itslimitlessness. The more time you spend in it, the more you realize that no time could ever be enough; no matter how hard you strive, you will never know it all. The revelation of your finitude comes with embarrassing pain. And when you have realized that you cannot live without that pain, your perverse relationship with the library has reached its climax. – Los Angeles Review of Books
An Upside Of Italy’s Lockdown: You Can Now See Fish And Waterfowl In Venice’s Canals
Venetians are posting photos to the Facebook group Venezia Pulita (Clean Venice), saying that they’ve never seen the water in the canals so clear. It’s not that they’re suddenly far less polluted than before, says the mayor’s office: the lack of boat traffic means that no sediment is getting stirred up from the bottom. – CNN
