What is "Doom Eager"?

Lorrie Moore, from "Better and Sicker"
"Martha Graham speaks of the Icelandic term "doom eager" to denote that ordeal of isolation, restlessness, caughtness and artistic experiences when he or she is sick with an idea. When a writer is doom eager, the writing won't be sludge on the page; it will give readers -- and the writer, of course, is the very first reader -- an experience they've never had before, or perhaps a little and at last the words for an experience they have."

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Happy Birthday, Voltaire!


Happy Birthday, Voltaire

Born November 21, 1694

Writer, Philosopher, Enlightened Thinker


Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.


And on that note ...
A short article on when plagiarism became a crime.
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