“Hurt Into Poetry: On Poetry and Greece”By Stephanos Papadopoulos
Los Angeles Review of Books
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson is the author of the novels Parasite Like Us (2003) and The Orphan Master's Son (2012). He founded the Stanford Graphic Novel Project. His work has been featured in Harper's Magazine, The Paris Review, and Tin House.
"Where we are from... stories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start calling him maestro. And secretly, he'd be wise to start practicing the piano. For us, the story is more important than the person. If a man and his story are in conflict, it is the man who must change."
— The Orphan Master's Son
Genres
Art & Architecture
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
Literary Fiction
"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
Nonfiction
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
Mike Davis
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Percival Everett
"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More
Television
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More
Biography & Autobiography
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More