Showing posts with label Bennington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bennington. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

What I'm reading? Often Modiano

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I read a lot of books by  Patrick Modiano -- thank God he is so prolific! I'm sort of obsessed by him and his work . So I figured why n...
Saturday, July 30, 2022

Italy, or walk, eat, drink, pray, revel

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Here in Italy, I want, I want, I want. I want to explore, roam, browse, buy, consume, swim, run, row, climb, grab, have, revel.  In my oth...
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Wednesday, May 04, 2022

My First Mother's Day

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The morning of my first Mother’s Day, something strange happened.  Something that has nothing to do with motherhood -- or not exactly.  I wa...
Friday, March 18, 2022

When an ex-reporter like me tries to write fiction

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“Well, is he crooked or not?   My editor didn’t bother waiting for me to walk across the newsroom to his desk. He'd spotted me the mom...
Saturday, December 09, 2017

My Year in Writing (2017)

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I began writing an annual 'Year in Writing' roundup after I discovered a 2014  piece by the writer  Alexander Chee  where he cat...
Wednesday, December 06, 2017

Dear Marie Kondo

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Dear Marie Kondo, I know that your book has helped many people pare down, and since a relocation has consumed me for much of 2017 – m...
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Monday, November 14, 2016

Final projects for 2016 -- how's it looking?

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One way to consider the end of the year is to think about holiday parties and shopping. But writers (and other creative people) have to ...
Wednesday, July 06, 2016

Montreal Journal

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As I'm about to publish this excerpt of my  Montreal  journal, I realize I've included almost nothing about where we walked or w...
Friday, June 24, 2016

Bennington journal - June 2016 - #2

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Back in big sky country (Vermont edition). Walking in the wild-flower filled fields this morning, I think about the lessons I’ve learne...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Bennington journal (June 2016 edition)

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My beloved classmates – those who are graduating with me – are giving their lectures as we prepare to complete our MFAs in Creative Writi...
Thursday, June 09, 2016

MILESTONE

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My thesis! For Bennington! “He” looks at the massive pile of printed pages that is my thesis and he says, “That looks like a book.” ...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

What I'm reading (literary schizophrenia)

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I want to record life exactly as it happens. But that's not easy. I mean, these days, you would need, in any given moment, to write do...