Siri Hustvedt and Atul Gawande: When Science Meets Art in Literature
We’re all amazed by people who have skills we don’t. It’s part of the magic [...]
A Recommendation for Rereading
I am someone who is always buying new books or asking for them at birthdays [...]
Self-Publishing
The do-it-yourself mentality is thriving. Websites like Pinterest offer everyday people the chance to create [...]
Follow the Classics with these Books by Women Writers
A couple years ago, I challenged myself to go a whole year reading only women [...]
American Literary Playlists – Part 3
The creative processes of literary writing and songwriting have always been intertwined. Musicians such as [...]
Edward Abbey
In the closing pages of his book Desert Solitaire Edward Abbey writes, “Whether we live [...]
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Created Worlds, Part 2
For the writer of mainstream fiction, creating detailed origins for the people and places in [...]
Steinbeck’s Monterey
Of all the American writers influenced by a sense of place, there were perhaps few [...]
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Remembering Nelle Harper Lee
Almost anyone can throw words together and refer to themselves as a writer; few, however, [...]
Sex and the City and the Best of Everything
Shortly before Rona Jaffe’s death in 2005, she wrote the foreword for a reissue of [...]