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new life motto

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“Living with depression is like trying to keep your balance while you dance with a goat” — Andrew Solomon, THE NOONDAY DEMON: An Atlas of Depression

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Years ago, at a dinner, I complained to her about some unfair thing. And she said: "Little girl [I was 30, lol] but who are you to these people? & who are they to you?" - I was re-oriented. Who are you to these people & who are they to you, indeed?"

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Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024) appreciation thread "When I die"

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Not to brag but I had a dream where i made up this joke — i actually woke up in the middle of the night & wrote it down on my phone

submitted 79 days ago • 2 comments

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller December 6,1946

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Eka Kurniawan, BEAUTY IS A WOUND

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A.J. Liebling's book about Chicago (CHICAGO: The Second City, 1952) is VERY MEAN and entertaining.

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In the caveman days of eons past (2010) I started a Twitter account where I posted the best sentence I read every day. (I was book critic for @nymag.com so was reading constantly.) Reading is still my favorite thing, so now I'm gonna try some version of that here. www.vulture.com/2010/02/ande...

submitted 83 days ago • 3 comments

DOOF TRAM

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