Charles Bukowski – 1920-1994 From sifting through the madness for the Word, the line, the way if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it. if you have to …
Speech given by Federico García Lorca at the inauguration of the first library in his village, Fuente de Vaqueros (Granada) (1931) When somebody goes to the theatre, a concert, or whatever event; if the feast pleases him, he immediately remembers his loved ones and feels sad that the people he loves are not there. “How …
Monday, October 28, 2024: We, as writers, publishers, literary festival workers, and other book workers, publish this letter as we face the most profound moral, political and cultural crisis of the 21st century. The overwhelming injustice faced by the Palestinians cannot be denied. The current war has entered our homes and pierced our hearts. The …
‘Never Again for Anyone’: The Shoah after Gaza
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