February 2012
“those who escape hell
however
never talk about
it
and nothing much
bothers...”
– Charles Bukowski (via salubriousextrications)
The life of a Drama Nerd: 10 Reasons Gay Marriage... →
thetragicgreek:
Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of…
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“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is...”
– Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (via montanablackart)
Thesis Prospectus [finishing]; here're the basics
– Tentative Outline –
“Memory Lane: Exploring the Relationships Between Contemporary Poetry and Hip-Hop Music”
I. Preface:
II. Part 1: “Becoming Unwritten: Poetic Image, Form, and Theory in Rap”
III. Part 2: “Writing Hip Hop: Rapping’s Influence on the Contemporary Poetry of Terrance Hayes, Allison Joseph, A. Van Jordan, and Major Jackson”
IV. Epilogue:
Ridiculous day!
i got so much done and still have so much to do! i’m making headway on my thesis prospectus, however, so that’s good. other than this short break, i’ve been working almost non-stop today, and i’m exhausted.
i finished my CV and i’m almost done with my Resume; i just need to write a Teaching Philosophy statement.
i spent some time with Stephen Burt today, if any of...
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“Paper books may be the only media remaining that don’t report your behavior back...”
– W. W. Norton on Tumblr (via literarypiano)
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“…music discloses to man an unknown realm, a world that has nothing in common...”
– E.T.A. Hoffman (via talkativolive)
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“I don’t hear your words: your voice reverberated against my body like another...”
– Anais Nin, in a letter to Henry Miller (via justalittlegreen)
January 2012
poetbabble:
Maybe tomorrow will be the day everyone wakes up to write a poem. Or maybe just you and me, fallen asleep on duty, fallen asleep to duty forever. No one knows what will happen, but you and I at least, while the music of the murmur invents us, will have no part in anyone’s war, we will waste nothing, a signal going through us, like an inkling of god or a hunger for strawberries or the...
“The nutritionist said I should eat root vegetables.
Said if I could get down...”
– The Madness Vase, Andrea Gibson (via salubriousextrications)
“…this is a hard world to be ludicrous in, with so many human beings so reluctant...”
– (via tarrinj)(via notasgothastheysayweare)
Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
“We all know what it is like to read whole paragraphs, and even pages of a book...”
– Sam Harris,The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason (via vulgarvulgar)
“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing,...”
– Alan Watt (via neil-gaiman)
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“I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I...”
– Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (via stellablu)