1) Terry Pratchett, Thud!
2) Douglas Coupland, Hey Nostradamus!
3) [no notes]
4) [no notes]
5) Alice Sebold, Lucky
6) Margaret Atwood, The Circle Game, “A Messenger”
7) Daniele Pantano,
“The Oldest Hands in the World” 8) W D Cocker,
“The Sniper” 9) Robert Frost,
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” 10) Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm,
“bitter root”; original punctuation
11) Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club
12) [no notes]
13) [no notes]
14) [no notes]
15) Ragnarök: the end of the world; Genesis: the beginning of the world
16)
Primo Levi’s number at Auschwitz
17)
Fractals in nature 18) Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
19) Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
20) E. Powys Mathers,
“Black Marigolds”
21) Chris Abani, “Unholy Women” 22) Maya Angelou, And Still I Rise, “Still I Rise”
23) Snow Patrol,
“The Lightning Strike”; companion to 24
24) Snow Patrol,
“The Lightning Strike”; companion to 23
25) David Usher,
“The River” 26) [no notes]
27) William Blake, Song of Experience,
“Introduction” 28) The Decemberists,
“Summersong”