Under a Certain Little Star

by Wislawa Szymborska translated by Joanna Trzeciak My apologies to chance for calling it necessity. My apologies to necessity in case I’m mistaken. Don’t be angry, happiness, that I take you for my own. May the dead forgive me that their memory’s but a flicker. My apologies to time for the quantity of world overlooked [...]

Date a Girl Who Reads

“Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve. Find a girl [...]

Amo, Amas, Amat

Happy Valentine’s Day, lovely readers. May your day be filled with flowers, chocolates, candy conversation hearts and, of course, love. With thanks to Mr. Shakespeare: In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes, For they in thee a thousand errors note; But ’tis my heart that loves what they despise, Who, in despite [...]