Vade Mecum

The Art of Fiction No. 78, with James Baldwin, whose book of essays, The Fire Next Time, was published on this day in 1963.

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Elena Ferrante, Art of Fiction No. 228 (via theparisreview)

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I was up for a role and I went in character, focused and whatnot. And they said, “That’s the director’s favorite pick, they absolutely love her, but can she come back in with a tight black dress, with her face all done real nice?” And I said, “That’s not the character! No, that doesn’t make any sense! Why would I do that?” And they said, “Because they need to know if you’re pretty enough to put you on the cover of a magazine.” And I told them this: they don’t want me. They don’t want me then, because this is how you put someone on the cover of a magazine - you get a fucking backdrop, you get a photographer, you take a picture, and you print that shit out. That’s how you put someone on the cover of a magazine. The camera will not break, unless I fucking break it with my hand.

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As you stand under the darkened sky on the eve of May, you may hear the rushing of bird or bat wing overhead, or witness the momentary blotting out of a constellation or two as they take flight. However, they are neither bird nor bat – for tonight is Walpurgisnacht, and the sky is full of witches….

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