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Happy birthday to @StephenKing, who turns seventy-two today! The bestselling author graced the pages of our Spring 2016 issue with “Cookie Jar,” a story which perfectly illustrates King’s combination of horror, humor, and drama.
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On Mexican Independence Day, read “Mexico,” Magdalena Mora’s beautifully illustrated postcard accounts of a young girl’s trip to the title country.
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Today is the birthday of Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941), one of #VQR’s earliest contributors. Check out “J.J. Lankes and His Woodcuts,” from Winter 1931, for a poetic profile on “one of the very significant living artists.” #VQRVault
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“How to pet an animal is the first and only thing I ever taught my daughter in earnest.”
In “Be Gentle,” Philip and Erin Stead bring their writing and illustrating chops, famed from A SICK DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE, to an essay about raising a thoughtful child.
https://t.co/twFrIUMLYi
Today is Herman Melville’s (1819–1891) birthday! In 2013, we published @weegee’s essay “Do You Work With a Bartleby?,” which analyzes Melville’s famous scrivener of the same name and explores in what ways the archetypal character exists today.
https://t.co/ksEyaCEMwV
“As you live your life, you will, on occasion, be cut open and explored. It is what life is, part of the routine. Perhaps we should not be surprised.”
— Ben Marcus, "The Boys," from our Summer 2018 issue.
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"There are advantages and disadvantages to living a very long time, as I have. One of the advantages is that you can't help having a long view."
From @DavidNaimon's interview with Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in our Summer 2018 issue:
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"Helen didn't care about Ben, not really. She just couldn't stand being humiliated."
— @elliottholt, "Geometry," from our Summer 2018 fiction issue. #VQRVault
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"For the life of a YouTube channel, drama of any kind is always good."
— Hannah Louise Poston, "The News From the World of Beauty," from our Summer 2018 issue. #VQRVault
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"You begin to wonder if you’re the boy in your behavior file, if the expulsion is an omen."
"Survivor Files" is adapted from @MitchSJackson's memoir, SURVIVAL MATH. You can read his work in the Spring 2019 issue.
https://t.co/Y3hB6WAgKO