I finished my first novel when I was forty years old and the shock of it, the rifting amazement, nearly carried me away. The pages hadn’t begun as a Book. I hadn’t intended to be a Writer.
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Interview: Dani Shapiro
Years ago I was in a little Cape Cod town poking around in its delightfully tiny indie bookshop with aisles so narrow that you had to walk sideways. I came across Dani Shapiro’s memoir Slow Motion…
The Writing Life: To Hear the Softly Spoken Magic Spells by William Henderson
Steal time to write, as if time is a commodity, something to hoard and, well, steal. From my children and from my friends and even from myself…
Review — Trespasses: A Memoir by Lacy Johnson
How does home define a person? Does it seep into skin; into speech; into society? Lacy Johnson’s Trespasses: a Memoir explores these questions as she examines her struggle to escape home in order to discover it.
The Writing Life: Publish Envy by Hilary Meyerson
Jealousy is a bitch. Professional jealousy is a bitch with a book advance.
Interview — Kate Gale: Co-Founder, Red Hen Press by Lori M. Myers
Gale’s needs are simple yet extraordinary: She wants works of excellence. Nothing less will do.
Craft: In the Mood by Risa Nye
So what gets you in the mood? For writing, I mean. Does the muse give you an early morning wake-up call, or is nighttime the right time? Do you get those urges at mid-day? Or are you liable to go at it any time, day or night?
Review: Tough Sh*t by Kevin Smith
Any fan of Kevin Smith will immediately feel right at home with his fondness for four letter words…
Review: In the Memory of the Map: A Cartographic Memoir by Christopher Norment
In his memoir, In the Memory of the Map (University of Iowa Press, 2012), Christopher Norment introduces readers to cartography, otherwise known as map-making. Norment translates his experiences into written word through revealing his own map of life in pursuit of the trail ahead. It is through this picturesque book that readers are given a…
Review: My Battle of Algiers: A Memoir by Ted Morgan
Graduate of Yale and Columbia Journalism School, Ted Morgan recounts his service to the French army in his memoir, My Battle of Algiers (Smithsonian Books, 2005).
