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My First Memory of Librarians — Travel Between The Pages
A last tribute to libraries and librarians for National Library Week from the brilliant Nikki Giovanni. MY FIRST MEMORY (OF LIBRARIANS) This is my first memory: A big room with heavy wooden tables that sat on a creaky wood floor A line of green shades—bankers’ lights—down the center Heavy oak chairs that were too low […]
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Blaise Cendrars: A Poet for the Twenty-First Century —
Check out this piece on one of Henry’s biggest influences (and contemporaries), the criminally underrated Blaise Cendrars. Cendras “was never identified with any literary movement and was, himself, completely indifferent to the characterizations and classifications of the poetic idioms of his time. “He moved forward, all alone, toward unknown waters of poetical creation, composing complex […]
Louis Faurer — For Earth Below
I have been thinking a lot of Louis Faurer lately. Originally from Philadelphia, Faurer spent some time in New York teaching, and of course photographing. Not many people know of his work or that Robert Frank was a friend of his. They both met at the Design Laboratory, run by Alexey Brodovitch, then, art director […]
Along Straight Lines — Travel Between The Pages
Those of you who are regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages are well aware of my fascination with railway travel and with maps. While I am a mere dilettante, I recently had the good fortune to connect with someone who has extensive expertise in these subjects and who was willing to offer links to […]
On the Subject of Revisiting Books — The Past Due Review
There are those who believe that a book should be read once and then passed on to its next reader; I am not one of them. Granted, many of the books I read end up becoming favorites of mine (19 of the books reviewed on my blog have been re-reads), but most end up being […]
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“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” — Art of Quotation
“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” Erich Fromm, philosopher, author, sociologist
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Edward Hirsch on Walking — Roger’s Gleanings
“I love the leisurely amplitude, the spaciousness, of taking a walk, of heading somewhere, anywhere, on foot. I love the sheer adventure of it, of setting out and taking off. You cross a threshold and you’re on your way. Time is suspended. …the rhythm and pace of a walk — the physical activity […]
Jack Kerouac — The Vale of Soul-Making
So therefore I dedicate myself to myself, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labors, my suffrances, my loneliness, my unique madness, my endless absorption and hunger—because I cannot dedicate myself to any fellow being. — Jack Kerouac
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