Left

Suddenly I wasn't myself anymore.
I was his absence.
Even in my new white veil
and black patent shoes,
I was the dented suitcase
he had left behind.

— Tania James, short story "The Gulf" (Boston Review, March/April 2012)

Short story, novel, poem

"You
sound like
your novel."

— Ben Lerner, short story "The Golden Vanity" (New Yorker, June 18, 2012, issue)

Infinity

There's not
some finite
amount of
pain inside us.

— Tom Perrotta, "The Leftovers"

Faith

Some miracles,
sadly,
are destructive.

— Victor Lodato, "P.E." (short story in New Yorker, April 2, 2012, issue)

Natasha Trethewey: U.S. poet laureate

The new U.S poet laureate is from metro Atlanta. The first Southerner to hold the post since the original laureate, Robert Penn Warren.
New York Times article

Photo of Natasha Trethewey by Jon Rou

Ray Bradbury, 1920 - 2012

Ray Bradbury, a literary icon.
(and cool-looking author post from earlier this year)