Faulkner was a postmaster, Kafka an insurance agent, Brontë a governess. The day jobs of famous authors.
(Source: , via bradleywarshauer)
From “Cartography of Silence” by Adrienne Rich
The technology of silence
The rituals, etiquette
the blurring of terms
silence not absence
of words or music or even
raw sounds
Silence can be a plan
rigorously executed
the blueprint to a life
It is a presence
it has a history a form
Do not confuse it
with any kind of absence
I found this old high school project buried in one of my drawers today. It was for my AP English class. It’s supposed to be a scrapbook Janie puts together in Their Eyes Were Watching God.
My book review was published in Paste!
It’s about the novel Zazen by Vanessa Veselka (one of the most interesting books I’ve read this year so far) and characters fumbling in crumbling dystopias.
Read it online while you can.
