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Reading Is Fun(damental)

Posted by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on July 12, 2010 at 11:09 pm

“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints” Wilfred Peterson (via dhammza) At the beginning of the year I made several resolutions, one of which I [...]

Writers Write, Even When They Don’t Realize It

Posted by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on May 23, 2010 at 5:55 pm

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn’t require any. –Russell Baker That Baker quote has been on my About Page forever, but I only just recently realized its irony [...]

Our Bookshelves Are Over-Flowing With Books

Posted by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on April 16, 2010 at 1:47 pm

On Wednesday night, I helped organize and participated in Digital Book World’s second 7x20x21 event at the Bowery Poetry Club, and I had an amazing time! “Return of the Optimists” was co-hosted by the dynamic duo (and two of my publishing partners in crime), Ami Greko and Ryan Chapman, and the other 5 presenters — [...]