Ambrose Bierce, the American journalist and satirical writer, was born on June 24, 1842 and came to be known as Bitter Bierce for his sharp writing style. One of his best-known works, The Devil’s Dictionary, exemplified this tone by taking ordinary words and offering dark and biting definitions, and insults against every sort of person. While some seem obscure and archaic today — the book was published in 1911 — some are as timely as ever.
by Anna Akhmatova
Instead of wisdom — experience, a flat,
Unsatisfying drink.
And there was youth — like the Sunday prayer . . .
Could I ever forget it?
So many deserted roads walked
David Loyn is an award-winning foreign correspondent for the BBC, where he has worked for 30 years reporting from Moscow, Kosovo, Kashmir, and Kabul, among other places. He also was the only foreign correspondent who was with the Taliban when they took Kabul in 1996. “They trusted that I wouldn’t bring an air strike,” he said. “I had to trust that they wouldn’t kill me, and fortunately, they didn’t.”
Righteous Dopefiend (California Series in Public Anthropology)
by Philippe Bourgois and Jeff Schonberg
—Reviewed by Monica Barra
Righteous Dopefiend is a bold title. And having “there is nothing righteous about dopefiends” as the opening line seems outright hypocritical. But these statements….
by William Carlos Williams
Sweep the house clean,
hang fresh curtains
in the windows
put on a new dress
and come with me!
The elm is scattering
its little loaves….
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