Contradicta



The stairways go higher between some of the floors, that's all. And every now and then, you've got to take a break from all that climbing.



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What do I feel, what could it mean, what do I think, what do I do



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Contradicta are being developed/posted on twitter now

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"Why is writing important? Mainly, out of egotism, I suppose. Because I want to be that persona, a writer, and because there is something I must say. Yet why not that, too? With a little ego building- such as the fait accompli this journal provides- I shall win through to the confidence that I (I) have something to say, that should be said."

Susan Sontag,12/31/57, from Reborn, Journals & Notebooks, 1947-1963

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William Shatner reads Sara Palin's farewell speech as a Beat nature poem

Via Al Filreis on Twitter

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Richard Baker

Toni and I visited Richard, Liz and their two daughters yesterday in Wellfleet. I've never met anyone more excited about hunting for great used books than Richard. And not only is he looking for great books, but he's looking for subjects for his portraits as well.

Check out some of Richard's book portraits here::poets and writers http://www.pw.org/content/richard_baker039s_book_portraits


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This just gets it

Leonard Cohen on poetry and life

Jobless Checks Delayed for Millions of Americans

Feeding America


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Destined for You Tube Fame: The Catcerto played by Nora the Cat

Nora


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Tom Beckett: Sitting Shirtless Under a Ceiling Fan

Slim Windows

Ryan MacDonald video on

The Continental Review

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William Kentridge

Automatic Writing

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Somerset Maugham on Life and Art

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Contradicta on Twitter

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Laughter

FreeSound

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Didi Menendez

For Love of an Armadillo
illustrations by Jeremy Baum

Ideas that Work

"In the presence of some people we inevitably depart from ourselves: we are inaccurate, we say things we do not feel, and talk nonsense. When we get home we are conscious that we have made fools of ourselves. Never go near these people".
Mark Rutherford More Pages from a Journal, 1910