Magic realism - somebody used that phrase the other day that is familiar with South American literature. That rang a bell. It… — Sam Neill Copy Share Image
I didn't ever consider poetry the province exclusively of English and American literature and I discovered a great amount in reading Polish… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I'm an enormous fan of American literature, and especially the great novels of Larry McMurtry, 'Lonesome Dove,' Cormac McCarthy, Elmore Leonard. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
I like the hip writers: Fitzgerald, the guy who committed suicide, Hemingway, all those guys. Some of them were alcoholics and drug… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
When I was a graduate student at the Iowa Writers' Workshop for fiction writing, I felt both coveted and hated. My white… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
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I think American literature is in a tedious place, horrible place. I can't even engage with it. — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
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[Mark] Twain is pointing at you. You, the reader of the book one hundred and thirty years ago and today. That is… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
“Serving time doesn't make you fit to do anything but serve more time.” — Donald Hays Copy Share Image
Some people might be surprised that 'Rambo's creator has a doctorate in American literature. One of my influences is Henry James, whose… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
“But I'll tell you the same thing I tell my students when they complain about the depressing nature of American literature: life… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
If there was ever a dissenter from the national optimismit was surely Edgar Allan Poe--without question the bravest and mostoriginal, if perhaps… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
One does not arise from such a book as Sister Carrie with a smirk of satisfaction; one leaves it infinitely touched. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
One that actually relates to all Latin American literature: that is, not every author is interested in being a representative of his… — Adam Morris Copy Share Image
The first function of violence in Native American literatures is simply to acknowledge that violence is implicit, like gravity and sunlight, in… — Robert Bringhurst Copy Share Image
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