Make art a dangerous space
Austin, Texas
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Established in 2020, The Moderate is a lynx eye dedicated to discovering and promoting new voices in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art in all its forms. We aim to generate conversation within a broad and diverse coalition of readers, writers, and creators.
"We no longer hurl ourselves against the walls; we stand still, staring into the abyss, reassured that we could leap if we wished—while knowing, somewhere deep down, that we never will."
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I’m utterly horrified by the cowardly attack on Salman Rushdie. I pray for his recovery. He is an essential voice and cannot be silenced.
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Author Salman Rushdie was attacked at a speaking event in Chautauqua, N.Y., on Friday by a man who stormed the stage and stabbed the writer in the neck, police said. wapo.st/3C1Y0kl
Virginia don't sound like she used to
Virginia don't feel like she used to
But I can feel her heart beating for me, baby
I know her heart's beating for me, baby
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Now I am quietly waiting for
the catastrophe of my personality
to seem beautiful again,
and interesting, and modern.
-from "Mayakovsky" by Frank O'Hara
“Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be” - James Baldwin
