“How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?”
— Leonard Cohen
 
Literature, Brief Thoughts Alex Webb Literature, Brief Thoughts Alex Webb

Stoner: Brief Thoughts

John William’s writing is engaging and, in moments, truly beautiful, cutting to the core of the the human condition. This passage on love is one of the most popular in the book;

“In his forty-third year William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last, and that love is not an end but a process through which one person attempts to know another.”

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Music, Brief Thoughts Alex Webb Music, Brief Thoughts Alex Webb

Pressure Machine: Brief Thoughts

Pressure Machine is an elegiac tribute to working class people. It vividly describes complicated, dignified lives amidst scenes of despair and hopelessness. It takes commonplace, even derided struggles, and turns them into songs of beauty, pain, and romance. The lyrics, outwardly simple, carry profound depth.

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Gabriel Parsacala: The Interview

“I like how organic a piece feels when you just sit down and discover it as you go along. You end up with a lot of rough edge, but hey – that’s what revision’s for.”

Poetry