Rondo, Janet Holmes
Oct 2011
Rondo, Janet Holmes
Janet A. Holmes
No abstract provided.
Fiction Writing: Building Vivid Scenes, Mitch Wieland
Oct 2011
Fiction Writing: Building Vivid Scenes, Mitch Wieland
Mitch Wieland
Scene writing is the cornerstone of contemporary fiction. This podcast will briefly explore how scene came to dominate modern narratives. Our focus will then shift to tips on constructing vivid moments of real time in your own writing. We will break a scene down into its component parts, and consider how these elements should work in relationship to each other. We will discuss ways to build scenes in novels and short stories that capture the reader’s heart and mind. To finish, we’ll offer an overview of the larger issues of effective scene construction.
A Review Of "Intimate Stranger", Marianne Rogoff
Sep 2011
A Review Of "Intimate Stranger", Marianne Rogoff
Marianne Rogoff
Intimate Stranger is a gorgeous guide to writing and the writing life by this South African man of the world. Born in 1939 to a family dating back to seventeenth century White Afrikaners, Breytenbach grew to oppose South Africa’s twentieth century apartheid system, moved to Paris at age 20, and became a writer, painter, and English teacher. There, he met and married a French woman of Vietnamese descent in 1962 despite his home country’s Immorality Act, which legislated against interracial marriage. During his years of exile he published numerous
books of poetry and prose, including A Season in Paradise (1976; …
Buying Dope Nyc Style, Thomas Bacher
Aug 2011
Buying Dope Nyc Style, Thomas Bacher
Thomas Bacher
No abstract provided.
Common Tongue, Marianne Rogoff
May 2011
Common Tongue, Marianne Rogoff
Marianne Rogoff
Since publishing A Woman's World in 1995, Travelers Tales has been the recognized leader in women's travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best women's travel writing of the year. This title is the seventh in an annual series The Best Women's Travel Writing that presents inspiring and uplifting adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples, and facets of themselves. The common threads are a woman's perspective and compelling storytelling to …
Sybille Bedford At 100
Mar 2011
Sybille Bedford At 100
Lisa Cohen
On Sybille Bedford
Address, Elizabeth Willis
Dec 2010
Address, Elizabeth Willis
Elizabeth Willis
No abstract provided.
Ode To Oil, Philip Metres
Dec 2010
Ode To Oil, Philip Metres
Philip Metres
No abstract provided.
Excerpts From Books In The Forthcoming "For Geniuses" Series, Robin Black, Gabriel Blackwell, Catherine Brown, Bryan Furuness, Matthew Pitt, Robert Stapleton
Dec 2010
Excerpts From Books In The Forthcoming "For Geniuses" Series, Robin Black, Gabriel Blackwell, Catherine Brown, Bryan Furuness, Matthew Pitt, Robert Stapleton
Bryan M. Furuness
No abstract provided.
"The Witch" In The Boston Review, Elizabeth Willis
Dec 2010
"The Witch" In The Boston Review, Elizabeth Willis
Elizabeth Willis
No abstract provided.
Abu Ghraib Arias, Philip Metres
Dec 2010
Abu Ghraib Arias, Philip Metres
Philip Metres
No abstract provided.
Five Poems From Address In Sybilla, Elizabeth Willis
Dec 2010
Five Poems From Address In Sybilla, Elizabeth Willis
Elizabeth Willis
No abstract provided.
Like A Dear In The Headlines, Thomas Bacher
Dec 2010
Like A Dear In The Headlines, Thomas Bacher
Thomas Bacher
No abstract provided.
Human Nature, Marianne Rogoff
Dec 2010
Human Nature, Marianne Rogoff
Marianne Rogoff
"Clay has strong opinions about everything. Americans: materialistic, all they care about is money. Colombians: dangerous. Artists: insane. Poets: not interested. Gays: unnatural. Death: no such thing.
He sits beside me in the jardin in Mexico because it’s sunny here. He is searching for light, to banish demons, doesn’t even want to say the name devil because that conjures it up, makes it too real. His body is large, American midwestern, substantial. His hands fold and unfold in his lap. I am visiting in this town alone, newlyunwed. I study Clay’s muscular forearms, attracted, shocked by every word that comes …
