{"id":1390,"date":"2014-06-20T16:02:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T20:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/crwr\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2014-06-20T16:04:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T20:04:50","slug":"litlinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/crwr\/2014\/06\/20\/litlinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary Links"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Words want to find chimes with each other, things want to connect.” \u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n

–Paul Muldoon<\/em><\/h2>\n

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Today is the birthday of Irish poet Paul Muldoon, who was actually on campus for the Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading not long ago. \u00a0Here’s a poem by him<\/a> that I like. \u00a0Doesn’t he look badass in this photo?<\/p>\n

What are you guys reading this summer? \u00a0I almost missed my stop on the train this morning reading\u00a0All the Pretty Horse<\/a>s\u00a0<\/em>by Cormac McCarthy. \u00a0(Spoiler alert after first paragraph in that link.)<\/p>\n

Here are some literary links for your weekend (and tomorrow is the longest day of the year!).<\/p>\n

Flannery O’Connor<\/a> doesn’t think friends should let friends read Ayn Rand. \u00a0HA.<\/p>\n

A really lovely letter from Iggy Pop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kafka on reading<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I love these rules for writing<\/a>, especially the first one.<\/p>\n

A reminder from Annie Dillard<\/a>: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”<\/p>\n

Bookish bags<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The New Yorker tells us how to enjoy soccer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Have a wonderful summer solstice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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