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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Beside the Point?
A couple weeks ago (OK, three, which is ancient history in social media time), an essay appeared in the New York Times Book Review called “Why Authors Tweet.” In it, Anne Trubek seems to poke fun at Jeffrey Eugenides as … Continue reading
Posted in community, writing
Tagged Anne Trubek, Facebook, Gary Shteyngart, Jeffrey Eugenides, Lindsey Crittenden, Louisa May Alcott, Michael Douglas, New York Times Book Review, Salman Rushdie, social media, Twitter, Why Authors Tweet, Winona Ryder, Wonder Boys, writer stereotypes, writers' garret, writers' social media platforms
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Retreat
I just got home from the convent. A writer’s retreat, actually: three nights in a small room (bed, desk, chair, sink, icon) at a spiritual center run by Dominican Sisters, a thirty-minute drive north. Outside the door to my room, … Continue reading
Let It Shine
There will be no post next week, January 13. I’ll be back January 20. Epiphany. That’s what today is, on the church calendar: the Feast of the Epiphany. Twelfth night. The magi—three wise men—showed up to pay homage to the … Continue reading
Posted in craft, faith, spirituality, teaching, writing
Tagged " "Guests of the Nation, " Denis Johnson, " Edith Wharton, " Edna O'Brien, " Frank O'Connor, " lyricism, "Beverly Home, "Roman Fever, "The Dead, "the Love Object, Araby, Aristotle, Bullet in the Brain, Dubliners, epiphany, feast of the epiphany, fiction writing, Hollywood, James Joyce, Lindsey Crittenden, literary technique, magi, manifestation, manifestation of the divine, power, revelation, storytelling, teaching, three wise men, Tobias Wolff, transcendence
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