Coordinates Quote by Louise Bogan

“The fact, and the intuition or logic about the fact, are severe coordinates in fiction. In the short story they must cross with hair-line precision.” quote by Louise Bogan — Download Open image

“The fact, and the intuition or logic about the fact, are severe coordinates in fiction. In the short story they must cross with hair-line precision.”

Louise Bogan

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[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch…

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A dissection of music perception and creation that starts slowly and inexorably builds to a grand finish. I loved reading that listening to music coordinates more disparate parts of the brain than almost anything else--and playing music uses even more! Despite illuminating a lot of what goes on this book doesn't "spoil" enjoyment- it only deepens the beautiful mystery that…

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