James Agee

The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.

The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction

This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky.

This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky.

I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or "literary" diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large read more

I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or "literary" diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive.

It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in read more

It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it.