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Francis Bacon on the Dark Side of Curiosity and the Vanity of Knowledge

Francis Bacon on the Dark Side of Curiosity and the Vanity of Knowledge

“Knowledge may not be as a courtesan, for pleasure and vanity only, or as a bond-woman, to acquire and gain to her master’s use; but as a spouse, for generation, fruit, and comfort.”

Beloved Film Critic Roger Ebert on Writing, Life, and Mortality

Beloved Film Critic Roger Ebert on Writing, Life, and Mortality

“Most people choose to write a blog. I needed to.”

Malcolm Cowley on the Four Stages of Writing: Lessons from the First Five Years of The Paris Review

Malcolm Cowley on the Four Stages of Writing: Lessons from the First Five Years of The Paris Review

“The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.”

E. E. Cummings Reads “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town” (Harvard, 1953)

E. E. Cummings Reads “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town” (Harvard, 1953)

“…and noone stooped to kiss his face…”

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