A thousand nights
of reading.
One poem, one short story, one essay — and a star goes up. Miss a night and the sky simply waits. We count toward the number, never against a clock.
a sky at 156 nights — gaps and all
The idea is Ray Bradbury’s — his standing advice to young writers was to read one short story, one poem, and one essay every night, for a thousand nights.
From a 2001 talk to writers