“When I was a little kid, there were still blacksmiths around, and I’ve never forgotten the ring of a real hammer on a real anvil.”
Saul Bellow
more infosource: written in a letter to Philip Roth, letting him know his stories are the “real thing,” dated December 12, 1969, in Saul Bellow: Letters (New York: Viking, 2010), 290.
buy on Amazon
view on Google Books
category: authenticity, blacksmith, childhood, craft, handmade, integrity, tool
medium: letter
blacksmith