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“... rhyme being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse (in longer works especially) but the invention of a barbarous Age, to set off wretched matter ...”
― The Paradise Lost
― The Paradise Lost
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.”
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“My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.”
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“Every society has the criminals it deserves.”
― Red Emma Speaks: Selected Writings & Speeches
― Red Emma Speaks: Selected Writings & Speeches
Sensation Novels
— 3 members
— last activity Apr 07, 2013 11:07PM
A place to discuss and recommend the great sensation novels of the 1860s and 70s.
Literary journalism / creative nonfiction
— 161 members
— last activity Oct 30, 2016 06:00AM
An open group for discussion of any work that can be considered literary journalism, creative nonfiction, narrative journalism, docufiction...in short ...more
Workplace Democracy Reading Group
— 29 members
— last activity Oct 01, 2022 01:20PM
Reading group on the relationship between worker cooperatives and unions as both means of creating workplace democracy
James’s 2024 Year in Books
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