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“The reason why things work is because of love.”

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Jeffrey Wright, born on December 7, 1965, is a British-American actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater. He gained widespread recognition for his roles in 'Pulp Fiction' and 'The Dark Knight'. more

“Lily Brown writes with and against things in poems that are coiled up tight as springs (or snakes). A believer in the power of the line, she writes, 'I think the plastics/and sink them' then 'Where is the sand/man hiding the dirt.' These terse, biting poems will make you look around and wonder.”

Thinking Men Writing Looks Lines Wonder Spring Believer Brown Sand Hiding Plastic Dirt Snakes Lilies Biting

Author:Rae Armantrout

“This is a strange book: visionary and dark. It stutters out a kind of music: repeated phrases which accumulate errors and mutate as they go like chromosomes or, as Woodward puts it better, 'visible fissile ribbons.' It's as if we were present for the moments of creation and extinction. Uncanny Valley is ominous and beautiful.”

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Author:Rae Armantrout

“When I first encountered the poems of Jon Woodward, I was stunned into the state that is my life's joy-I was in the presence of the inimitable. Uncanny Valley extends that experience-almost into another dimension. These apocalyptic, pixilated poems forge a mythology of our ravaged culture, one that might have been written in the future. If you want poetry to give you a persimmon on a plate, look elsewhere; if you want to know what happens when seven trees fall on the highway and the story is told by a stutterer, this is the book, and it could only have been written by Woodward.”

“In every one of these haunting and hungry poems, Howell draws a map for how to enter the heat and dew of the human being, naked and facing the natural world, desperate to feel. I did not realize while reading Render how deeply I was handing everything over.”

World Feels Humans Reading Realizing Natural Human Beings Draws Hungry Naked Heat Desperate Maps Haunting Natural World Dew

Author:Nikky Finney

“We must remember who we are by remembering Whose we are.”

Remember Who We Are

Author:R. C. Sproul, Jr.

“The task for me is to not only comprehend the world, but to change the world. I would like to see a world where America lives up to its ideals, and resolves the contradiction between reality and principles.”

World Reality America Principles Ideals Tasks Changing The World Contradiction Resolve

Author:Ronald Takaki

“The American empire should be destroyed.”

Should Destroyed Empires American Empire

Author:Aleksandr Dugin

“Imagine any problem you have to be a huge, locked door standing in front of you. Now see yourself taking a golden key out of your pocket. You brought the key here with you when you arrived on this planet, but you sometimes forget to use it. See yourself putting it into the keyhole, then watch the door swing open. On the key are inscribed these words, "Unconditional Love."”

“People would say to me, “Hey man, you look just like Paul McCartney”, and I'd say: “I wish I had his money!””

People Men Looks Wish Hey

Author:Paul McCartney

“I like to play any character that allows me the freedom to explore it and teach the audience something they didn't know, and show them a journey they identify with... or be inspired, or moved. Anything that touches someone's heart is important for me.”

Knows Heart Important Play Character Shows Teach Audience Journey Moved Inspired Be Inspired Touch Someone

Author:Alicia Witt

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