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The Surprise of What We Knew All Along
Oops. I forgot to post last Friday. I’ve cut down from every week to every-other-week, as some of readers may have noticed—but this is the first time since beginning this blog 18 months ago that I’ve completely forgotten. Last Friday, … Continue reading
Try, Try Again
Whatever works for you, I tell my students. There’s no one way to write, no hard-and-fast rule that guarantees success, as much as we want one. And yet, certain koan-like statements have made it onto my bulletin board or refrigerator. … Continue reading
Posted in craft, teaching, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged Caribou Island, Colum McCann, David Vann, drafts, Fiction Writing Intensive, index cards, Jane Anne Staw, Legend of a Suicide, Lindsey Crittenden, Lydia Davis, Post-its, Proust, Samuel Beckett, Swann's Way, The Millions, UC Berkeley Extension, writers' colony, writing process
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Moving Day
I spent the week packing, taping boxes, lifting boxes, taping, … You get the idea. So, for today’s post, I’m linking to a recent piece I wrote for “Good Letter,” the blog of Image, a journal of art & faith … Continue reading
Posted in community, faith, reading, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Good Letters, Image, Lindsey Crittenden, The Water Will Hold You
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Listening Anew
In found pockets of spare time – the five minutes before needing to leave to make an appointment; the fifteen minutes between emails – I’ve been updating my list of books on this blog. I’m not sure too many readers … Continue reading
Posted in faith, prayer, reading, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged " good ambiguity, "Because the Night, Austerlitz, Electric Ladlyland, gentle revolutionary, Godmother of Punk, Golden Gate Park, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Just Kids, Lindsey Crittenden, Marie Antoinette, New York City, Patti Smith, People, Ploughshares, Ramones, Ruth Rendell, Sam Shepard, Sea Ranch, St Andrews, St Francis of Assisi, The Water Will Hold You, Virginia Center for Creative Arts
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