Read quote“In the case of history what matters is its meaning; its medium is events, and its vehicle is literature.”
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About Writing
The practice, craft, and cultural significance of composing written language.
The collection
Words on Writing
Read quote“La precisión me interesa hasta la obsesión.”
Read quote“If you can paint with a brush, you can paint with words.”
Read quote“As for myself, I do not know anything except swimming. Your article on that subject is exactly right.”
Read quote“All poems are rash acts.”
Read quote“There is no question that I think of myself essentially as a playwright.”
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Quote Stories about Writing
A Box, Then a Door
Seventeen-year-old Elia expects a tidy catalog, but a box of undelivered letters leads her into the living memory of a harbor town—and toward a new way of helping people speak.
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The Orchard of Unsent Letters
A retired postal sorter finds a box of letters that were never meant to be delivered—and builds a safer way for people to begin speaking.
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