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Fiction

Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

"Most people lose the ability to see silver linings even though they are always there above us almost every day." When I first saw Silver Linings Playbook [...]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

"I really think everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica." It's a beautiful sentiment, isn't it? I don't know why something that [...]

The Death of the Black-Haired Girl by Robert Stone

"People all want their suffering to mean something." In one of the last sentences of his newest novel, The Death of the Black-Haired Girl, Robert Stone [...]

“The Writer’s Block” – How to Be a Writer

I fancy myself a pretty good writer. I've always done it, like since I was old enough to hold a pen; and before that I told stories all the time. My first [...]