Scholar Of English

🇺🇸Namwali Serpell

Art

b. 1980

"…partly because I’m perceived as black…the idea I could look at my mother and say to her that I’m not black makes no sense. To me, blackness is just part of what the family is."

"They Never Wanted To Be Themselves , New York Times, May 24, 1987"

🇺🇸John Livingston Lowes

Literature

1867–1945

"Free verse may be written as very beautiful prose; prose may be written as very beautiful free verse. Which is which ?"

Lin Yutang

Literature

1895–1976

"The world I believe is far too serious, and being far too serious, is it has need of a wise and merry philosophy."

🇺🇸Billy Collins

Literature

b. 1941

"It is important for the poet not to be emotional because you cannot see the world clearly with tears in your eyes."

🇨🇦David Chariandy

Literature

b. 1969

"The most important opportunity offered by increased exposure is the chance to focus with greater faith and intensity upon the hard work of writing."

🇺🇸Eknath Easwaran

Religion

1910–1999

"We all need joy, and we can all receive joy in only one way, by adding to the joy of others."

🇮🇹Fausto Cercignani

Literature

b. 1941

"“Studia austriaca” and “Studia theodisca"