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Revising your writing again? Blame the Modernists – Ideas – The Boston Globe
I disagree with the article‘s contention that extensive revision is a modern innovation. William Wordsworth published his first version of The Prelude in 1805 and spent the next 45 years revising it.
Adam Kirsch’s “Rocket and Lightship: Meditations on life and letters”
December 3, 2012
“To become memorable or brilliant, language needs to be fertilized by egotism.” Adam Kirsch’s long but worth reading collection of meditations/prose epigrams on the position of writers WRT past writers, future readers, and the present tense; on the respective roles of literature and science; and the role of culture in a technologically evolving civilization (among […]
The Dirty Talk Of The Town: Profanity At “The New Yorker” | The Awl
June 27, 2011
via theawl.com an impressive list of the first occurrences of classic profanities in the magazine’s pages. Also see: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/backissues/2011/06/bonfire-of-the-profa…
Eden | New York Journal of Books
October 11, 2010
David Cooper’s review of Yael Hedaya’s novel Eden compares Jessica Cohen’s translation with Ms. Hedaya’s original Hebrew. The novel features two marriages and a teenage girl all of whom are at-risk and in varied states of distress. Read the entire review on nyjournalofbooks.com An excerpt from Eden appears in Words Without Borders
Op-Ed Contributor Michael Cunningham – Found in Translation – The New York Times
October 3, 2010
“…One of the consolations of writing books is the seemingly unquenchable conviction that the next book will be better, will be bigger and bolder and more comprehensive and truer to the lives we live. We exist in a condition of hope, we love the beauty and truth that come to us, and we do our […]
I write like…
July 20, 2010
My poetry: I write like James Joyce My prose: I write like H. P. Lovecraft I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!
NY Times Magazine: Depression’s Upside
February 26, 2010
The Victorians had many names for depression, and Charles Darwin used them all. There were his “fits” brought on by “excitements,” “flurries” leading to an “uncomfortable palpitation of the heart” and “air fatigues” that triggered his “head symptoms.” In one particularly pitiful letter, written to a specialist in “psychological medicine,” he confessed to “extreme spasmodic […]
notes towards a book review
December 28, 2008
I am reading and enjoying a prepublication copy of Best Sex Writing 2009 which I have agreed to review on Amazon. These are notes on the first ten chapters for that eventual review. BSW 2009 is an anthology of articles about sex; while a few articles refer to sexual encounters they are not erotic. These […]
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