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Daniel Allen
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"Ooh, there's an invitation / hope from the author that we're reading this with another person. Have you read this and want to talk about it? Let me know..." — Jul 19, 2025 08:17AM
The four-wheeler flattened the tall grass as Evan made his way back to the moose. He made a quick inventory of the meat they’d have for the winter: three moose, ten geese, more than thirty fish (trout, pickerel, pike), and four rabbits, for
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setting the community context. Evan isn't a superhero protagonist, nor is he perfect, but he's got his heart in the right place.
“All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
is Change.
God
is Change.”
―
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
is Change.
God
is Change.”
―
“Of all the art forms, poetry is the most economical. It is the one which is the most secret, which requires the least physical labor, the least material, and the one which can be done between shifts, in the hospital pantry, on the subway, and on scraps of surplus paper. Over the last few years, writing a novel on tight finances, I came to appreciate the enormous differences in the material demands between poetry and prose. As we reclaim our literature, poetry has been the major voice of poor, working class, and Colored women. A room of one's own may be a necessity for writing prose, but so are reams of paper, a typewriter, and plenty of time.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated me - the humiliation of it - as a soprano.
These, by contrast, are the six elements of a Sacred Harp alto: rage, darkness, motherhood, earth, malice, and sex. Once you feel it, you can always do it. You know where to go for it, though it will cost you.”
― The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
These, by contrast, are the six elements of a Sacred Harp alto: rage, darkness, motherhood, earth, malice, and sex. Once you feel it, you can always do it. You know where to go for it, though it will cost you.”
― The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
Daniel’s 2024 Year in Books
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