Daily Archives: October 6, 2021

Albert Camus on the Responsibility of the Artist: To “Create Dangerously” (1957)

Posted on October 6, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Literary statements about the nature and purpose of art constitute a genre unto themselves, the ars poetica, an antique form going back at least as far as Roman poet Horace. The 19th century poles of the debate are sometimes represented … Continue reading →

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The Tangier Diaries, 1962-1979 – John Hopkins

Posted on October 6, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“A writer’s perfunctory yet absorbing diary of his life in Tangiers. Lifelong ÇmigrÇ and novelist Hopkins (The Flight of the Pelican, 1984 etc.), fresh out of Princeton and convinced that Wall Street and the professions were not for him, jaunted … Continue reading →

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