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
Writing poems when I should be grading papers….
Poetry
In high school, I was the worst student. Couldn’t bring myself to read or do anything that I didn’t feel like doing. Some things never change. Spent an hour this ... Read more
Last paper–Postmodern American Fiction
Book Reviews!
While fall turned to an unprecedented winter here in Washington, and then a wet, violent spring, and only now the promise of summer is in the air, I read and ... Read more