The Bean Trees By Barbara Kingsolver
Book Reviews!
Year 2 of MFA. Critical Paper #3 I digress. I do. And, I like to. I have long loved writers who lead me through a story without predictability, who take ... Read more
The River Why by David James Duncan
Book Reviews!
Year 2 of MFA. Critical Paper #2 Until around page forty or so, I was feeling concerned that I’d picked The River Why by David James Duncan to read for ... Read more
Last Night At The Lobster by Stewart O’Nan
Book Reviews!
Year 2 of MFA. Critical Paper #1 So what lessons can I take away from Stewart O’Nan’s Last Night At The Lobster as a writer studying other writers to become ... Read more
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Book Reviews!
Black Swan Green A year in the life of Jason Taylor: thirteen, British, equally naïve and gifted with insight, and a stammerer. Love this book! Honest. Well-crafted. Full of popular ... Read more
Quote from Burn this Book (Toni Morrison)
On writing
From Burn This Book (Edited by Toni Morrison): “Writers—journalists, essayists, bloggers, poets, playwrights—can disturb the social oppression that functions like a coma on the population, a coma despots call peace; ... Read more
Day 4, Journey of the Heart, and lady friends
Book Reviews!, On writing
Carrie left this morning. So, now it’s just me and the dog here. One more day of writing and enjoying this protected creative space. I’m preparing now to write for ... Read more
Everything to gain
On writing
Slept in til 6! The sun was persistent coming through the window, lighting on where I was sleeping on the couch. Ajax whined while I downed a cup of coffee, ... Read more
Day 2: Baby Feet
On writing
Strolling on the beach at 5:30 this morning with Ajax, ideas relevant to both my novel and my life came to me not by brain but by inspiration. Two walks ... Read more
Arriving at the Beach: Let the writing begin!
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
Friday night: It seemed at one point today that I might never get out of my classroom and out of town. My son, who was supposed to catch a 7:30 ... Read more
Today a poem happened.
Poetry
My students were taking their final and I was reading a book recommended by a friend (Journey of the Heart by John Wellwood) when a poem happened to me. Linger ... Read more