quote:"We will be stardust. Ancient tailings/of nothing. Elapsed breath. No,/ we must first be ice. Be nails. Be teeth./Be lightning." (C.D. Wright, "Re: Happiness, In Pursuit Thereof")
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links: deborah soloman interviews poet laureate charles simic (@nytimes magazine), who says women aren't funny? [besides lozo] (@vanity fair), why people drink themselves silly (@ny times), the real housewives of nyc: not real (@gawker.com), online journal gives new life to literature (@sfgate), blogging is good for you (@discovery health), the end of the affair: the rise of the mega-bookstore (@the smart set)