From Kay Dick, the author of THEY: "It is an extremely courageous act to be a writer, painter, composer, because you are out on your own, in limbo, totally unprotected, not much encouraged, driven only by some inner conviction and strength, and the discipline is yours alone.”

Who knew?

Ok, now this I didn't know.

Well this is a must read from @hinxminx. That final bit on the steps is truly chilling. lithub.com/best-american-…

A Ukrainian pianist played Chopin in the ruins of her house after it was badly damaged by Russian shelling. Iryna Manyukina is seen playing the piano in her home in Bila Tserkva, not far from Kyiv, on March 5. A Russian shell exploded nearby. No one from the family was injured.

‘Writing a book changes you. There are all these plans you have for what you will do with a story, but I’ve learned that every piece of work I see to completion has its own intentions for me too.’ — Eloghosa republic.com.ng/august-septemb…

Spot on.

Ah, hell no.

The piece of goo on my left is a jerk, and his taste is music is crap.

A new offer! Freedom Road for 99 pennies. Such a deal. Check out the latest review. "I lived through the exact years of. this story and even though the circumstances were somewhat different, it's so beautifully written it Brings Back a flood of emotion." amazon.com/gp/product/B07…

1/ Dear Republicans: We Tried Your Way and It Does Not Work (a thread):

Look at my son (top right) being smarter than me.

This is good.

Hello from the LATR team at the LAT site in Chile!!

Be there or be triangular! eventbrite.com/e/josh-weiss-s…

Born To Run. To say that this record changed my life would be a massive understatement. It wasn’t just a great rock n roll record to me. The album and the song sparked something inside of me and made me want to do something. Anything. It made me want to be somebody different

Ron Charles getting fierce: I want to be swept away by this beautiful and profound metaphysical insight, but how is it that we’ve traveled back in time 400 years only to find a young woman ready to graduate from Reed College with a double major in ecofeminism and Native studies?

“I longed to be part of these conversations, to offer my own tale of triumph, to sagely weigh in on others’ dilemmas. Instead, I stood to the side, quiet, fiddling with my razr flip phone.” from “Praying I Wouldn’t Be Last” by Maya Afilalo Maya Afilalo newohioreview.org/2023/11/12/pra…