#a.m.homes

[nusumigaki]

うちは全員靴おたくだ。父親なんか、何か問題が起こるといつも「靴を替えろ、それで万事解決だ」とか言う。

[nusumigaki]

小屋のポーチに座ったとたん、なんか急にビビりだした。信じらんない、俺いまバービーとデートしてるんだ。

[intellectures]

Gewaltiger Forscherdrang

Das nachgereichte Debüt von Hanya Yanagihara ist ein abgrundtiefer Dschungel von einem Roman. Man hält mit diesem Buch einen mitreißenden Abenteuerroman in den Händen, den man auch als anregende Parabel auf die Eroberungs- und Zerstörungswut des Menschen lesen kann und der letztendlich ein monströses Geständnis ist. Read the full article

[broadenyourhorizons]

I do not think of all the misery, but of the glory that remains. Go outside into the field, nature and the sun, go out and seek happiness in yourself and in God. Think of the beauty that again and again discharges itself within and without you and be happy.

Anne Frank

[pxssagat]

a lithe spirit, moving between forms and media...

A.M.Homes about Laurie Anderson

[downthetubes]

The Guardian Makes Comics - 26 Pages of 'em in one edition!

The Guardian Makes Comics – 26 Pages of ‘em in one edition!

A panel from “Masks” by Gillian Flynn and Dave Gibbons, which featured in Saturday’s Guardian.

British newspapers might call them “cartoon strips” (because, believe it or not, that’s what the public thinks of them as, not “comic strips” from my own experience of dealing with business people who want to use comics in their projects), but we all know that through the twentieth century and into this…

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[palequeenliteraryquotes]

“People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.”

      -A.M.Homes

[mselephantgun]

A.M.Homes: Do writers have a kind of social responsibility beyond the bounds of say, a plumber or a bus driver? Do you think there's something about being a writer, or a judge?

Fran Lebowitz: No. Artists do not have a social responsibility. I really believe that. They do not have that because...that's why they become artists. No, I don't think artists have social responsibility. I think it's very important that people realize they do not have that, because if you think that you have it, or you let other people think that, then they demand that you meet their standards which are probably very poor.

A.M.Homes: You have very high standards.

Fran Lebowitz: Yes, but they don't.

The bluntly hilarious, sometimes controversial Fran Lebowitz, being interviewed by A.M.Homes, discussing bicycles, her dislike of NYU and the responsibility of the citizen to pay attention. 

Master/Class: Fran Lebowitz with A.M.Homes (by PEN America)