and sometimes against all odds, against all logic, we hope.

Franz Kafka, 1912

above everything by David Ignatow

also a poem from the new, unreleased collection. very possibly my own all-time favourite.

— Brad Meltzer

Frida Kahlo, from a letter wr. c. November 1933, featured in The Letters of Frida Kahlo: Cartas Apasionadas

Sylvia Plath, The Letters of Sylvia Plath Vol. I: 1940-1956

Fyodor Dostoevsky, from his novel titled "White Nights," originally published in 1848

Edgar Allan Poe, from a story featured in The Complete Poetry & Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King, J.R.R Tolkien

margaret atwood / louise glück

Joy Sullivan, from Instructions for Traveling West: Poems; “Instructions for Traveling West”