I don't want to write about violence, and I don't want to hang a plot on a murder. I think it's cheap. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes cheap hang murder
A perfect poem you can't pin down and say, 'This is exactly what it meant to me.' It's not a self-help manual. Alice McDermott manualmeanperfect Change image and share on social
I'm not usually drawn to memoir - many run the risk of self-aggrandizement or score-settling. Alice McDermott aggrandizementdrawmemoir Change image and share on social
Loss is inevitable - you have to be blind or naive to think otherwise. Alice McDermott blindinevitableloss Change image and share on social
Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else. Ted Rall afghanistanalliancecheap Change image and share on social
In a pine tree behind me, an eagle waits out the rain, hunched into himself, brooding. Crows squabble, a murder chasing a raven. Seals cruise the lines of fishing nets bobbing in the water, hoping for an easy meal, the tender bellies of salmon. Eden Robinson bellybobbrood share on social
When I was 16, I used to hang out at the Nambucca pub in North London and see The Libertines play live. Jamie Campbell Bower hanglibertinelive Change image and share on social