a pub at the river and small pebbles
thrown from a bridge so many ripples
and golden summer's beer so close
and all around brown autumn's Cokes
-Jan Skácel (Moravian Slovakian) The Fault of Peaches (Chyba broskví) 1978
I can't even begin to describe how wonderful it feels (and how rare it is) for a blogger to make me feel like she really wants me to continue to pinch biscuits at the local bank. Bleed more! Bleed more! Blood for Biscuits (People of the World, listen up!)
Art of Living & Literature Across Frontiers: Dragon: Complex Minimalism
Literary stars are rising. Consumerism has become a fashion, while writers feel themselves drowned by things fashionable.
Unfortunately, the mass media has accentuated this with their obsession with the cult of celebrity. It will require efforts on the part of writers to pursue the true spirit of literature and rediscover the dynamism and energy in serious literature to reverse the current trend and make breakthroughs in literary creation.
• Literature suffers as money talks [Deep Digital Rivers: Risking it All ; Gaddafi's son Seif, who said All world leaders are terrorists Thin Line Between Art & Terror ]
• · "Welcome, your Excellency, among us sinners." - then-Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel, upon greeting Pope John Paul II in Prague in 1990 Pilgrims' progress: A comparative study ; Man dating isn't the only trend worth noting Jenny 8. Lee's next task: Probing the petrosexual phenom
• · · The specter of a bookseller signing exclusive deals to publish bestselling authors is either thrilling or worrisome, depending on where you sit. And now it may be a reality. Amazon sneaking into publishing ; I don't think I can handle another rejection notice! In David Skibbins' debut mystery novel, Eight of Swords , dramatic events occur with startling synchronicity in the life of its protagonist, a part-time professional tarot-card reader. The book's author experienced a similar, if happier, extreme convergence a year ago, when, after six months of having his manuscript rejected, he had just about reached the end of his rope as a would-be novelist. Eight of Swords Makes a "Notable" Debut ; Check out the 2005 National Magazine Awards winners ; List of the writers
• · · · Embrace Imrich Spilling Czecher: Microsoft Word Grammar Checker Are No Good, Scholars Conclude; Oh, no! An antidote to panics based on dodgy statistics and dubious arguments A breathless inheritance
• · · · · Outdoor Advertising: creative library; Hollywood heartthrob: making babies Anhoni Patel writes: If you think you are pitiable for secretly harboring desires for famous Hollywood heartthrobs, Gross shows you that there a lot of people more pitiable than you. Or at least just as pitiable: Starstruck: Analyzing the twisted marriage of celebrities and fans
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I gave up
Immortality-
For your sake
We swam together
In liquid dreams
You smoothened
The frazzled edges
Of my polarized soul
And drank my love
Through the sieve
Of perfection
(Source: A torn page read at the Starbucks in Miranda, Australia)
Oprah Online ; Despite the rave review in yesterday’s New York Times, not a single person who is not my friend has shown up for the reading. Not a single person. Thank God. The Tour, Chapter One
