The Wake Up Call – 7 January 2013
The Wake Up Call -
7 January 2013
Like the smell of strong coffee wafting down the hall, we offer a few book-related thoughts and stories to jumpstart your day…
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BESTSELLER LISTS:
- NY Times Bestseller List – Non Fiction
- NY Times Bestseller List – Hardcover Fiction
- Amazon Bestseller List – Christian Theology
“Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.” – Theologian François Fénelon, who died on this day in 1715
[ Our recent review of Francois Fenelon: A Biography ]
“A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.” Author Zora Neale Hurston, born on this day 1891|
*** Books by Zora Neale Hurston
“The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he’s in business.” – Poet, John Berryman, who died on this day in 1972.
*** Books by John Berryman
Book News:
- LA Review of Books: Michael Taussig on Writing about Violence and Terror
- Publishers Weekly: John Green Goes to Carnegie Hall
Thanks be to God for this new day, may it be full of beauty and grace!
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