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All You Need Is Love

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

I’ve been thinking in terms of grand, declarative statements: Writing fiction is an act of love. Fiction depends upon empathy. Writing fiction is a moral act. Fiction is amoral. Fiction is true. Fiction depends on lies. Beauty is truth, and … Continue reading →

Posted in agents, craft, faith, teaching, writing | Tagged " Denis Johnson, " Edith Wharton, "Roman Fever, Araby, Aristotle, Barn Burning, Bullet in the Brain, Captain Ahab, empathy, Everything That Rises Must Converge, ficion writing, fiction, Fiction Intensive, Flannery O'Connor, Grace Paley, How Far She Went, Humbert Humbert, James Joyce, Laurie Ann Doyle, Lindsey Crittenden, Lolita, Madame Merle, Mary Hood, metanoia, Moby-Dick, Portrait of a Lady, The Little Girl, Tobias Wolff, UC Berkeley Extension, William Faulkner, Work, writing fiction | 4 Comments

The Moral of Pierre

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

Most people think of Where the Wild Things Are, appropriately enough. But this week, hearing on the radio that Maurice Sendak had died at the age of 83, I thought first of Pierre, the petulant child of the eponymous “cautionary … Continue reading →

Posted in reading, spirituality | Tagged Alligators All Around, Aristotle, cautionary tales, Chicken Soup with Rice, children's books, conflict, crisis, Lindsey Crittenden, Maurice Sendak, moral tales, narrative, narrative reversal, Nutshell Library, One Was Johnny, Pierre, resolution, Where the Wild Things Are | 7 Comments

Let It Shine

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

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 | 1 Comment

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