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James Joyce and Poetry
Joyce called literature “the highest and most spiritual art.” For me, music has always held that spot but if anyone can make a case for words over music, it is James Joyce. In this excerpt from his debut novel the protagonist is agonizing over the confusing and painful experience of seeing the woman he loves… Read more
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Happy Birthday Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, born on this day 178 years ago, was the first Russian composer whose music became popular around the world. His three ballets – The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and The Sleeping Beauty – are all classics, still performed today. Tchaikovsky’s homosexuality is still denied by the government of his famously homophobic homeland. At… Read more
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Woman with a phone
Buster Keaton I went to the post office yesterday and got in line behind a man trying to mail a box that was a little too large to fit through the opening in the security window. He wasn’t happy about the situation and quickly resorted to shouting “fuck you” and threatening to beat the shit… Read more
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Wandering
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending… Read more
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