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Quotables: On the Importance of Story

“Why do we need the things in books? The poems, the essays, the stories? . . . . Why should we read them? Why should we care? . . . . Ideas–written ideas–are special. They are the way we transmit … Continue reading

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Through stories we transcend.

“It’s very important to transcend the places that hold us.” ~ Rubin Carter in “The Hurricane” The air is weighted with disappointment, fear, anger. You walk around in a daze, watch ridiculous shows on TV, flare up in anger at … Continue reading

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Q&A (& giveaway!) with Jessamyn Hope, Author of Safekeeping

“We are all pawns of history.” ~ from Safekeeping by Jessamyn Hope One of my all-time favorite quotes about story comes from E.L. Doctorow in his lecture, “Biography in Fiction” (available as a podcast from CUNY), where he says, “What is the past if not the present … Continue reading

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