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The Nature of the Fun: David Foster Wallace on Why Writers Write

“Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable.”

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How to Be a Grouch: A Vintage Sesame Street Guide to Grumpiness

“If you want to be a grouch, it helps to be tired and grumpy, so — get a bad night’s sleep!”

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Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Bukowski, Susan Sontag, Harper Lee, and Other Literary Greats on Censorship

A century of conviction celebrating the freedom to read.

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Bear Despair: A Charming Illustrated Wordless Story of Obsessiveness and Perseverance

Cross-hatched cross-sections of determination.

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How to Read a Poem: “Stored Magic,” Total Transformation, and the Capacity for Creative Wonder

“True poetic practice implies a mind so miraculously attuned and illuminated that it can form words, by a chain of more-than coincidences, into a living entity.”

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Who Could It Be At This Hour? Lemony Snicket Asks All The Wrong Questions

An irreverent story of secrets in black, gray, and blue.

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An Imaginative Dutch Picture-Book Homage to Piet Mondrian

A vibrant story of curiosity and optimism by Dutch illustrator Wouter van Reek.

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Christopher Hitchens on Mortality

“To the dumb question ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: Why not?”

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Story of a Writer: Ray Bradbury on Storytelling and Human Nature in 1963 Documentary

“Man has always been half-monster, half-dreamer.”

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Book Spine Poetry: Your Turn

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Search results for “the readers”

“Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable.”

“If you want to be a grouch, it helps to be tired and grumpy, so — get a bad night’s sleep!”

A century of conviction celebrating the freedom to read.

Cross-hatched cross-sections of determination.

“True poetic practice implies a mind so miraculously attuned and illuminated that it can form words, by a chain of more-than coincidences, into a living entity.”

An irreverent story of secrets in black, gray, and blue.

A vibrant story of curiosity and optimism by Dutch illustrator Wouter van Reek.

“To the dumb question ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: Why not?”

“Man has always been half-monster, half-dreamer.”

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