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"What I had seen, of course, was the Bokononist ritual of boko-maru, or the mingling of awareness....[I]t is impossible to be sole-to-sole with another person without loving the person..."—Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson’s Never-Before-Revealed Envelope Poems | Brain Pickings

The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson’s Never-Before-Revealed Envelope Poems | Brain Pickings

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Monday, October 28, 2013

Letters of Note: Make your soul grow

Letters of Note: Make your soul grow

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Haruki Murakami: “Samsa in Love” : The New Yorker

Haruki Murakami: “Samsa in Love” : The New Yorker

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

T.S. Eliot Reads “The Naming of Cats,” 1947 | Brain Pickings

T.S. Eliot Reads “The Naming of Cats,” 1947 | Brain Pickings

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Sandman: Dave McKean's favourite covers - in pictures | Books | theguardian.com

Sandman: Dave McKean's favourite covers - in pictures | Books | theguardian.com

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Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean: how we made The Sandman | Books | The Guardian

Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean: how we made The Sandman | Books | The Guardian

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▶ American Gods by Neil Gaiman by IsisAudio

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Monday, October 21, 2013

Neil Gaiman lecture in full: Reading and obligation | Reading Agency

Neil Gaiman lecture in full: Reading and obligation | Reading Agency

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Ragpicker and Poet : We can, if we so choose, wander aimlessly over the...

Ragpicker and Poet : We can, if we so choose, wander aimlessly over the...

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Sunday, October 20, 2013

The Science of Sleep: Dreaming, Depression, and How REM Sleep Regulates Negative Emotions | Brain Pickings

The Science of Sleep: Dreaming, Depression, and How REM Sleep Regulates Negative Emotions | Brain Pickings

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The Art of “Creative Sleep”: Stephen King on Writing and Wakeful Dreaming | Brain Pickings

The Art of “Creative Sleep”: Stephen King on Writing and Wakeful Dreaming | Brain Pickings

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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Margaret Atwood and the S and F Words |

Margaret Atwood and the S and F Words |

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World-Shifting: Haruki Murakami's "1Q84" |

World-Shifting: Haruki Murakami's "1Q84" |

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The Essence of the Japanese Mind: Haruki Murakami and the Nobel Prize |

The Essence of the Japanese Mind: Haruki Murakami and the Nobel Prize |

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

remnant 36: “I believe…” | DISCOURSE as quilting

remnant 36: “I believe…” | DISCOURSE as quilting

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming | Books | theguardian.com

Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming | Books | theguardian.com

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

The National - I Need My Girl - YouTube

The National - I Need My Girl - YouTube

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Watch Justin Vernon Join the National for "Terrible Love" and "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" | News | Pitchfork

Watch Justin Vernon Join the National for "Terrible Love" and "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" | News | Pitchfork

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Fashion Coat on Vimeo

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Pressing Issues: Kurt Vonnegut Meets Kilgore Trout

Pressing Issues: Kurt Vonnegut Meets Kilgore Trout

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