"He couldn't even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive."

~ Richard Yates

Born today, 1926.

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"A Tragic Honesty" by Blake Bailey

A Tragic Honesty by Blake Bailey; Hardcover, 656 pages; Published July 1st 2003 by Picador USA (first published May 1st 2003); ISBN: 0641738552 (ISBN13: 9780641738555)

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"It was a clear, warm day, with a sky as clean and deep as laundry blueing above the buildings, and it was also payday, time for the traditional after-lunch stroll to the bank."
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Most books with movie covers are deplorable, but not this one. This edition of Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates is absolutely beautiful. I just started reading it this weekend & so far I'm really enjoying it. #books #bookstodon #cover #bibliophile #booksta #amreading #november #fiction #richardyates
"The final dying sounds of their dress rehearsal left the Laurel Players with nothing to do but stand there, silent and helpless, blinking out over the footlights of an empty [...]"
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#introduction Hi! I’m Kim—a #writer and #editor. I love helping authors of the marvelous, fantastical, and strange harness their literary magic. I also edit #BoneParade.

I love to write (#magicalrealism, #speculative), read (#RichardBrautigan, #CarsonMcCullers, #PhilipKDick, #GabrielGarcíaMárquez, #VirginiaWoolf, #MilanKundera, #RichardYates), listen to music (#TheReplacements, #TomWaits, #LeonardCohen, #VicChesnutt), play #DnD, and be with my partner, our cat, and my favorite humanoids.

How could you ever learn to trust the things you made up?
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