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Apr.06.2013
Writers are a bit like gardeners. We plant seeds, lots of seeds, and hope they'll sprout and take hold in the muck that fertilizes such things and helps them grow. Like gardeners, we don’t always succeed. But when we do, and the result of our meticulous tending blooms, it’s a moment of such pride...
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Mar.18.2013
Author Lyn Fairchild Hawks joins us to discuss her journey as a writer, her collection of short stories The Flat and Weightless Tang-Filled Future as well as a brief reading from two of the stories.
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Mar.17.2013
I’m a firm believer that you can tell a lot about a writer’s ability by how well they are able to write a short story and author Lyn Fairchild Hawks collection of short stories The Flat and Weightless Tang-Filled Future is a very good indication that this lady is headed places in the literary...
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Feb.16.2013
Extract / A List of Offences
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A Bottle of River Water
A whisper went round the little village of Gulab Ganga during the days around Daria’s birth. It said, “Jharna Begum, Daria’s Ammu, defied God when she refused to give up the thought of having a daughter.” She had her...
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Feb.04.2013
Here's an interesting bit of perspective from Mac McGee's blog (see link below).
Literary writers have always seemed a bit above the the fray, I suppose, but writers such as Jonathan Franzen carry ethics into the realm of snobbery. Here's hoping someone can set their feet on the ground once more...
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Feb.04.2013
The last time I’d cried because of a book was years ago and the culprit was Marley and Me. Crazy Quilt is such a different book yet so alike in many ways. Both deal with death and loss, both are incredibly moving stories, and both remind us how short and precious life is.
The...
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Feb.03.2013
My new novel, The End of the Point, begins in 1942 and ends in 1999 and is set almost entirely in a summer community on a two-mile long spit of land on Massachusetts’ Buzzards Bay. Inhabiting this story was, for me, an intricate and steady pleasure. Some of the time, I became the...
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Feb.03.2013
My new novel, The End of the Point, begins in 1942 and ends in 1999 and is set almost entirely in a summer community on a two-mile long spit of land on Massachusetts’ Buzzards Bay. Inhabiting this story was, for me, an intricate and steady pleasure. Some of the time, I became the...
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Feb.03.2013
Schroder: A Novel is both heartrending and magnificent. The book is a discerning reflection on fatherhood with contemporary issues that will appeal to men and women alike. Eric Kennedy narrates his confession to his estranged wife, explaining the circumstances of kidnapping their...
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Jan.29.2013
I’m delighted that Peg Alford Pursell (http://www.pegalfordpursell.com/) invitedme to talk about what I’m working on. She is the tireless founder and curator of Why There are Words, named Best of the Bay in 2012. In an age where bookstore readings are on the decline, Why There recare...
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