Date: 1935
"Not I, to whom the scraggly, unpruned emotions of many modern poets seem almost indecenly luxurious."
preview | full record— North, Jessica Nelson (1891-1988)
Date: 1944; 2018
"My desk is the monument to my mind, and by the appearance of it, my mind must have intimate contact with garbage collectors."
preview | full record— O'Connor, Flannery (1925-1964)
Date: 1944; 2018
"It is pleasanter to be five years older and beautiful than status quo and under par, but I must force my loose mind into its overalls and get going."
preview | full record— O'Connor, Flannery (1925-1964)