...but I preferred reading the American landscape as we went along. Every bump, rise, and stretch in it mystified my longing. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
I think New York is working its way into my poems. It takes a while for a place to filter its way… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
“Reading American photographs is also a way of reading the past-not just the scenes recorded and the faces immobilized into permanent images,… — Alan Trachtenberg Copy Share Image
