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Tag Archives: Lindsey Crittenden
Our Books, Our Selves?
A few years ago, after giving a reading, I invited questions. My friend Bonnie raised her hand. “You’re so private,” she said. “But you write so personally! You’re so open in your book!” She smiled, her voice affectionate, and yet … Continue reading
Posted in writing
Tagged fiancé, friendship, Lindsey Crittenden, memoir, The Water Will Hold You
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My good friend Jane
We all have friends like her. You know the ones. Months, years go by, and when you see them again, it’s as if no time has passed. Kim, whom I met thirteen years ago at a writers’ colony. Sarah, with … Continue reading
Posted in reading, Uncategorized
Tagged beaches, Charlotte Bronte, family vacation, friends, friendship, Jane Eyre, Lindsey Crittenden, reading, romance novels, vacation reading
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Drawing Apples While the Germans Roll In
For years until her death in 2000, my mother and I would meet on Tuesdays at the same Japanese restaurant, before going to hear whoever was speaking that night at City Arts and Lectures. My mother always dressed to go … Continue reading
Posted in craft, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged 92nd Street Y, Afghan Women's Writing Project, AWWP, Cesar Chavez, City Arts and Lectures, Clockers, Day of the Oprichnik, drawing apples, Emile Zola, German troops marching into Paris, Glen Workshop, Herbst Theatre, Japanese restaurants, John Updike, Lindsey Crittenden, Melissa Pritchard, mother, novelist, Picasso, Richard Price, Rose Hips jeans, Skeptic Learns to Pray, smocked dress, sushi, Tom Wolfe, United Farm Workers, vanilla Yoo-Hoo, Vladimir Sorokin
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Do (not) Disturb
About ten years ago, I joined a writers’ group. One rainy night in 2002, I sat in a cozy, wood-paneled living room with seven other women and talked about writing. I liked the seriousness and camaraderie, the mutual respect and … Continue reading
Posted in community, prayer, spirituality, writing groups
Tagged A Skeptic Learns to Pray, being in community, Benedictine spirituality, Cassian, Cassian's Conferences, community, hospitality, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, lay Benedictine group, Lindsey Crittenden, Matt 25:35, Of Gods and Men, Sister Joan Chittister, St Benedict, St Benedict's Rule, The Water Will Hold You, Trappist monks, writers' group
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