➡️ Part 1 The fourteen letter of Mrs Silence Dogood (pen name of young Benjamin Franklin who, despite having less than two years of formal education, according to his Autobiography, “was anxious to try his hand” as an author) covered a wide range of subjects, including politics, religion and social issues, written from the point… Read More Benjamin & Silence/2
Salman Rushdie, Indian-born British novelist and essayist, remains hospitalised but he has been removed from a ventilator.His condition is improving but he suffered serious injuries to his liver, severed nerves in an arm and an eye, after being stabbed on stage during a literary event while preparing to speak last Friday, 12 August.He has always… Read More Salman Rushdie
When I have looked Life in the eyes,Grown calm and very coldly wise,Life will have given me the Truth,And taken in exchange–my youth. “Wisdom” – Sara Teasdale, American lyric poet, born on 8 August 1884. Not one would mind, neither bird nor treeIf mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,Would scarcely… Read More Life & Death
🔆“Trust is the first step to love.”🔆“If there were a being in the world whose eyes could look into other people’s hearts, very few men or women would be able to face up to it.”🔆“Beauty doesn’t need ornaments. Softness can’t bear the weight of ornaments.” Premchand, Indian novelist and poet (31 July 1880-1936) 🔆”La fiducia… Read More Trust, Truth, Trinkets
➡️ Part 1 The poem “Diving into the Wreck” , written by Adrienne Rich in 1973 and first published in a collection of the same title, follows a woman preparing and diving into the depths of the ocean in search of a wreck. The first stanzas describe her as a warrior, wearing the black wetsuit,… Read More Diving into the Wreck/2
Siccome non mi sembra che funzioni il link al mio racconto, aggiunto nel post precedente, lo copio qui, per chi volesse leggerlo Era il 735 e, come ogni mese , i monaci del monastero di Kanoubine,in Siria, si recavano al mercato per comprare quanto necessario ai loro bisogni.. Dovevano trascorrere la notte in una locanda,… Read More La colpa e la santità
James Branch Cabell born on 14 April1879 was an American author of fantasy fiction Since his surname was often mispronounced, he composed this rhyme: “Tell the rabble my name is Cabell” to clear up pronunciation issues.His works were considered escapist: according to him truthfulness was “the one unpardonable sin, not merely against art, but against… Read More Fantasy & Optimism
American writer Audre Lorde served as New York State Poet from November 1991 until her death from breast cancer in November 1992.In designating her as such, then-governor Mario Cuomo praised “her sharp sense of racial injustice and cruelty, of sexual prejudice… “ In her acceptance speech, Lorde replied :“I accept this award in the name… Read More Audre Lorde: “A Litany for Survival”
“L’homme est de glace aux vérités, il est de feu pour les mensonges.” – Jean de La Fontaine – Fables – Livre IX. “Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.” In one of the comments on Frost’s poem “Fire and Ice”, which you can read here, Pat wrote some lines that I liked… Read More Fire and Ice/II
Ieri ho pubblicato un articolo dal titolo “Truth” (Verità)L’immagine però non corrispondeva esattamente alla verità, perché avevo capovolto la foto scattata al riflesso di alberi in un laghettoLa macchina fotografica aveva registrato la realtà passivamente, senza inganni. Ricordate ciò che aveva scritto Isherwood? “Sono una macchina fotografica con l’otturatore aperto, alquanto passivo, che registra, non… Read More Truth?
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