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Adrienne Rich: Yes, I do, and I usually say to them—which I also believe to be true—“You were changing your life and you read my book or you read that poem at a point where you could use it, and I’m really glad, but you were changing your life.” Somehow when we are in the process of making…
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One of the better responses we’ve seen to When I Was a Child … comes from Kristen Scharold, who uses the book as an opportunity to offer a synoptic reading of Robinson’s whole body of work, essays and fiction alike. I’ve tried to do that and it’s kinda hard, so, you know, hats off, Kristen.
Marilynne Robinson is just such a rain—warm and rare—on the literary terra of contemporary fiction and nonfiction. Even more, she has tilled a plot where deep, lyrical Christian reflection teems. Her output comes from both below and above, from the dust of humanity and the grace of divinity. She is a dream-catcher of sorts, stationing each work between the ordinary and sacred, weaving sinews of sentences that capture the lovely and true.
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Anni Jürgenson by Boo George in Teen Vogue April 2012
this is absolutely amazing
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Fiona Apple-Shadowboxer (it really doesn’t get any better)