Rikki Ducornet
Rikki Ducornet (née Erica Lynn DeGre, born April 19, 1943) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, poet, artist, and illustrator. She won the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction in 1993 and in 2004.
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Quotes
[edit]- Why do people need to have control over the lives of others? Why this fear of the other? This fear of difference — the fear of change — why this fear of our own bodies? Why this inability to accept our own death? What are the connections between those things?
- (May 18, 2007)" "Phosphor In Dreamland" author Rikki Ducornet & Robert Cohen". radicalfilms, YouTube. (quote at 4:20 of 26:44)
- .. the way I work ... I'm really seized by the scruff of the neck each time. ... Something pounces. It's absolutely irresistible and often will pounce at three in the morning ... or at six in the morning ... And I will get up and start writing. ... I really count on novelty and synchronicity and dreams to direct me and to kind of release the energy.
- (May 7, 2021)"Rikki Ducornet | A Rain Taxi Event". Rain Taxi Review of Books. YouTube. (quote at 30:32 of 1:02:57)
- ... it's not an accident that the creative imagination is the first thing that's punished when tyrannies take over …
- (Juyl 22, 2024)"Rikki Ducornet : Brightfellow". Between the Covers Podcast, YouTube. (quote at 24:59 of 1:04:06)
External links
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Encyclopedic article on Rikki Ducornet on Wikipedia- Author's website
