James Baldwin’s FBI file contains 1,884 pages of documents, collected from 1960 until the early 1970s. During that era of illegal surveillance of American writers, the FBI accumulated 276 pages on Richard Wright, 110 pages on Truman Capote, and just nine pages on Henry Miller. James Baldwin – Wikipedia Source: Wikipedia
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If you could give a piece of advice to a young person starting out, what would you say? I would provide five bits of advice: Do not be afraid to want a lot. Things take a long time; practice patience. Avoid compulsively making things worse. Finish what you start. Often people start out by thinking …
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The skin of some of the men developed a coarse, rough appearance, as a result of the hardening of their hair follices. Other effects included dizziness, muscle soreness, reduced coordination, and ringing in their ears. But the creepiest change, which occurred in all of the men, was a whitening of their eyeballs as the blood …
thenearsightedmonkey: Sometimes we are so confused and sad that all we can do is glue one thing to another. Use white glue and paper from the trash, glue paper onto paper, glue scraps and bits of fabric, have a tragic movie playing in the background, have a comforting drink nearby, let the thing you are …
Another thought comes quickly, particularly when I think about all these people here searching for their happiness. It is the quote from Hugh Laurie: “It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost …
austinkleon: P.T. Barnum, The Art Of Money Getting (1880) “Golden rules for making money.” The table of contents alone is awesome: The art of money getting Don’t mistake your vocation Select the right location Avoid debt Persevere Whatever you do, do it with all your might Depend upon your own personal exertions Use the best …
My haul from the April ’16 Zine Machine Printed Matter Festival
My first exposure to zines was courtesy of The Paper Plant, a downtown Raleigh new & used bookstore and literary press in the late ’80s that featured weekly open mic nights and lots of local and national zines. I was fascinated by the homemade, raw energy of these little paper pamphlets. It was probably from there …
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Tales from The White Box
In my office, under a table, has been sitting a white cardboard banker’s box for several years. It contains assorted comics, magazines, and graphic novels or collections that I want to get rid of but that I can’t bear to throw out till I’ve read them first. Marie Kando would say, “If you haven’t read …
“Presto!” by Penn Jillette
Having been swayed by Critical Mas’s post on the potato hack and read the (e)book on the subject, I wanted to see if I could strain Penn’s book for ideas, tips, or just some new thinking. Presto! is Penn’s memoir of losing 100 pounds in 3 months — how he did it, why he did …
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