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roger angell quote about getting old is the second - biggest surprise of my life, but the first, by a mile, is our increasing need for deep attachment and intimate love
How Lucky I Am
How Lucky Am I
Uplifting Words
Artist Quotes
World Star
Beautiful Mind
The New Yorker
Old Man
The Age
“This Old Man,” by Roger Angell
the new york times quote about writing
Colm Toibin
Think Too Much
Artist Tips
Playing Tennis
T Max
Book Writer
Play Tennis
New Yorker
How Colm Tóibín Burrowed Inside Thomas Mann’s Head
a poem written in black and white with the words'every now and then, when the
Life In America
Alternative History
John Coltrane
Black Life
The Poet
Beginning Writing
A Poem
New Directions
A profile of the poet Nathaniel Mackey
a quote from the new yorker on democracy
E B White
Brilliant Quote
Letter To The Editor
Wonderful Words
Second World
A Letter
The Meaning
E. B. White on “The Meaning of Democracy”
In the summer of 1943, in the middle of the Second World War, the editors of The New Yorker received a letter from the Writers’ War Board, asking for a statement on "The Meaning of Democracy." "It presumably is our duty to comply with such a request, and it is certainly our pleasure," E. B. White wrote, in response. "Democracy is a request from a War Board, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war, wanting to know what democracy is."