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“There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready.”
Maurice Sendak, author of “Where The Wild Things Are” dies at 83. (via nprfreshair)

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“There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready.”

Maurice Sendak, author of “Where The Wild Things Are” dies at 83. (via nprfreshair)

Posted May 8, 2012 at 9:38am in maurice sendak where the wild things are books lit RIP | 76 notes

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great NYC all day event today in honor of “World Read Aloud Day 2012” from LitWorld. watch the livestream from books of wonder here: http://litworld.org/worldreadalouddaynyc

Posted March 7, 2012 at 4:20pm in litworld reading books WRAD 2012 | 5 notes

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love can be incremental. predicaments, too.

— tayari jones, silver sparrow.

Posted December 20, 2011 at 11:41am in quotes tayari jones books lit

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now reading: silver sparrow by tayari jones. expect quotes galore.

Posted December 19, 2011 at 11:38pm in lit books tayari jones

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Reading this week. Will possibly do a post on it this weekend. Like a Sunday review type thing minus the pretentiousness. We’ll see.

Posted June 27, 2011 at 10:59am in books zimbabwe mugabe | 20 notes

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please read THIS excerpt from mindy kaling’s book. girl is beyond hilarious.

Posted June 24, 2011 at 1:02pm in BOOKS mindy kaling the office writing lit funny | 4 notes

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Something settled inside me, something heavy and hard. It stayed there, and i could not think of one thing to make it go away. I thought, So this must be living, this must be the beginning of the time people later refer to as “years ago, when I was young.

— jamaica kincaid

Posted June 7, 2011 at 3:03pm in quotes books writing

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p. haag and living in the "post-romantic" era

Posted June 5, 2011 at 9:58pm in books love life huff po

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my new neighborhood library..need to spend some quality time there. anyone go regularly?

Posted April 23, 2011 at 6:52pm in books harlem learn life lit nypl schomburg