W. H. Auden
On hippies: What I do like about them is that they have tried to revive the spirit of Carnival. But I'm afraid that when they renounce work entirely, the fun turns ugly. Read more»
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An interview with Mary Karr: In memoir, the only through-line is character represented by voice. So you better make a reader damn curious about who’s talking.
The animal rose up from where it had been grazing and stepped from behind a thicket of scrub birch and revealed itself to be a moose with
a wide rack of antlers and a droopy nose. I felt relieved, but it was short lived. Moose might look ridiculous, but they can be the most
dangerous things in the forest. When confronted they will stomp you with their hooves and scoop you into the basket of their antlers.