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Dec.29.2012
Although Ernest Hemingway's early short stories are more florid, his style became almost journalistic, with writing that draws you into the current of the story before you realize it. He was the master of understatement; hyperbole was not Hem. His best prose is light and airy, almost dreamlike....
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Sep.27.2012
Winter Journal, by Paul Auster
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You pick up memoir such as this one expecting...what? A life laid out chronologically? The failures of parenting - yours and that of your parents? Confessions and dirty linen? The titillation of romantic escapades? Saucy comments about...
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Aug.27.2012
The Atlantic, September 2012
This is as close to a themed issue as I’ve seen from The Atlantic, and as you might expect, the focus is on this year’s Presidential election. For someone who follows politics, there’s little new here, despite James Fallows’ gaming of the Romney/Obama...
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Jul.26.2012
My favorite authors tend to produce widely varied works. Ray Bradbury, God rest his soul, Margaret Atwood, Madeleine L'Engle, Lois Lowry, and Nick Joaquin to name a few. Bradbury and Atwood's stories touch upon a wide variety of subjects, told from various points of view, are in various genres....
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Jun.02.2012
June 2
MYTHIC ADULT
My mythic adult is seen by the crowds around me; never is the charade exposed. Close inspection has been suspended so we can keep each other’s secrets. Circulating through the crowd, these children are impoverished from carrying this load...
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May.16.2012
Drift, by Rachel Maddow
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Had Maddow not already obtained a doctorate in political science, and had she not already made her bones as a Rhodes scholar, this book would have made a competent doctoral dissertation. Heck, other members of the press have already grilled...
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Apr.03.2012
Toil, toil, toil and trouble. Toiling away alone in a room somewhere, burning the oil, it’s what writers do, isn’t it? It’s what writers MUST do in order to perfect their craft, or at least bring it to the point where it can be put into public view and compete with all the great writing of the past...
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Nov.09.2011
I've been playing with a new website this morning. It analyzes text that you enter and then tells you who you write like.
I'm not sure I like it's opinions. I entered the text of my most recent blog post (about listening to music in cafes when I write). The website says I write...
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Aug.27.2011
My brain tells me that 87 degrees is not that hot. It's less hot than my body temperature and tolerable. Just try telling my body that. My body feels warm and uncomfortable and I'm considering another long cold shower. Anything to feel cooler, even for a few moments. Perception and reality don't...
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Aug.16.2011
More advice from a writer that I still turn back to and find fresh, thought provoking, and sometimes just flat out funny - even after 40 years ....
How to Write With Style by Kurt Vonnegut
1. Find a subject you care about Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others...
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