1. Education

Inspirational

To "inspire" is to motivate, influence, move, or guide. The literature of that sort may have a religious slant, but the literature can also offer advice about how to write or read literature. Some of the greatest writers in history have created inspirational literature.
  1. Religious Literature

Inspiration 101

"Let's face it: it's an Anti-Poetic Age. Until recently, poetry was considered extinct. You had to be dead to be a poet. Now that a new generation has rapped and slammed the art back into the heart of culture, we're stuck with the times themselves."

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