Authors of the Year: 1982.

The most significant authors who died in this year.

John Cheever (1912-1982)
John Gardner (1933-1982)

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John Gardner, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & David Lloyd‐Jones:
🎵 Overture 'Midsummer Ale', Op 73

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3.6.5 Day 48 - 2/17/26

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Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day John Gardner, Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, Joseph Wicks · Christmas with St John's · Song · 2016

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John Gardner, Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha:
🎵 Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

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John Gardner, Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Anthony Inglis:
🎵 Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

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Gardner: 2 Carols, Op. 75: No. 2, Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day John Gardner, Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill · Classical Christmas Around the World · Song · 2025

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John Gardner, Ex Cathedra & Jeffrey Skidmore:
🎵 Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

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When Christ was Born of Mary Free John Gardner, The Sixteen / Harry Christophers, Harry Christophers · Song of the Nativity · Song · 2016

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John Gardner, The Sixteen & Harry Christophers:
🎵 When Christ Was Born Of Mary Free

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John Gardner, Simon Lindley, Huddersfield Choral Society & Brian Kay:
🎵 The holly and the ivy

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John Gardner, Ben Hoffnung, William Lockhart, Margaret Phillips, The Sixteen & Harry Christophers:
🎵 Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

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2 Carols, Op. 75: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day John Gardner, Ex Cathedra Choir, Jeffrey Skidmore · Ex Cathedra XL at Christmas · Song · 2009

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John Gardner, Ex Cathedra & Jeffrey Skidmore:
🎵 Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

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"As a rule of thumb I say, if Socrates, Jesus and Tolstoy wouldn't do it, don't."

✒ #JohnGardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic, #DOTD 14 September 1982. #Literature

Hibou le Literature Supporter's review of On Becoming a Novelist 4/5: Worth rereading (my 2nd time). Not crazy about his dissections of his own writing, but I love large chunks of this and found it inspirational. Writing is alchemy but also there's a bit of account...

I've probably read every fiction writing book out there, but here's one I just returned to this summer and really found inspiring.
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#thereisnosuchthingaswritersblock

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John Gardner, on his birthday July 21  2025 revision At his best, in the Great Books Grendel, October Light, and The Sunlight Dialogues, beautifully written and wonderful, illuminating, living philosophy argued with ele…

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Anyone else knows this, or just me?
This is an older photo I took, funnily enough newer than this laptop.
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Mon défi pour 2025 : #unjourunlivreunauteur
Aujourd'hui, un auteur qui a transposé James Bond dans les années 80-90, dans une quinzaine de romans bien ficelés. Bonne journée, les amis ! #JohnGardner

"Fiction seeks out truth. Granted, it seeks a poetic kind of truth, universals not easily translatable into moral codes. But part of our interest as we read is in learning how the world works; how the conflicts we share with the writer and all other human beings can be resolved, if at all; what values we can affirm and, in general, what the moral risks are." (John Gardner, The Art of Fiction)

Truth

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19/20

Choose 20 books that have left an impression with you over the years. Post one a day, no review and no explanation. (Spoiler: she barely posted one a week.)

#20daybookchallenge
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#johngardner

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John Gardner, Ben Hoffnung, William Lockhart, Margaret Phillips, The Sixteen & Harry Christophers:
🎵 Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

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John Gardner, Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Anthony Inglis:
🎵 Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

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Tomorrow shall be my dancing day John Gardner, Ex Cathedra Choir, Jeffrey Skidmore · Ex Cathedra XL at Christmas · Song · 2009

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John Gardner, Ex Cathedra & Jeffrey Skidmore:
🎵 Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

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One trouble with having read nothing worth reading is that one never fully understands the other side of one's argument, never understands that the argument is an old one (all great arguments are), never understands the dignity and worth of the people one has cast as enemies. The Art of Fiction John Gardner

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a-And! Here's a 1975 pic of #Barth with #JohnGardner (+Vonnegut) before their public feud went totally buck a couple years later

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John Gardner, Malcolm Sim, Glasgow Cathedral Choir & Richie Pratt:
🎵 Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

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