Good Morning!

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Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers
on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,
so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in
your brainpan, feel free to add a comment.

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“I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances
that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after
she had written a book.”
– Lydia M. Child (1802-1880), American activist for
women’s rights, ending slavery, and Native American rights

“The genesis of a poem for me is usually
a cluster of words. The only good metaphor
I can think of is a scientific one: dipping
a thread into a supersaturated solution to
induce crystal formation. I don’t think I
solve problems in my poetry; I think I
uncover the problems.”
— Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist
and poet, author of The Handmaid’s Tale