Heavy Feather Review review: The Elementals, by Francesca Lia Block
Billed as an “adult novel,” The Elementals, by Francesca Lia Block (The Weetzie Batbooks, Guarding the Moon) catapults us into the world of Ariel, a girl on the cusp of womanhood, struggling to … Continue reading
In Heavy Feather Review, my review of Every Day by David Levithan (@loversdiction)
The main character in Every Day, the new YA novel by David Levithan (1/2 of the team behind bestsellers like Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist; Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares; … Continue reading
What I learned from reading Great Expectations
I am having a secret love affair with Charles Dickens, or, rather, with his novel, Great Expectations. You’ve probably read it, so I won’t bore you with a plot synopsis. … Continue reading
Would have spent more than a weekend with Weekend
A one-night stand that turns into something more. When I heard the premise for the just-out movie, Weekend, I was jealous, mostly because I wish I had thought of the … Continue reading
What we keep
“Things tell a story. Their parts hang together so as to work out a climax,” William James, an American philosopher, wrote on a January 11 in New York in the … Continue reading
A Final Alchemy
Jhumpa Lahiri, while recently previewing a section of her in-progress novel, said that writing is a selfish enterprise. “[Writing is] inspired by questions I have, it’s a self-reflexive process for … Continue reading
Instructions (from Specter Literary Magazine)
Don’t use passive voice. Don’t name your characters names that use many of the same letters, and never name two characters with names that begin with the same first letter. … Continue reading
Blurred Line Between Fact and Fiction
I write nonfiction, mostly. Sometimes, I write fiction. I am gay, more than mostly, but I am married to a woman with whom I have two children. I fell in … Continue reading
The plot of life
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about plot, and the need for plot. I write nonfiction, mostly, and plot is something that worries me because, in life, plot is nonexistent. … Continue reading
Becoming all-new, all different: Dog-Eared 9
I am 13. School is out. Eighth grade. I don’t like school. I weigh 230 pounds, have few friends, and have to pretend that everything the other kids say to … Continue reading
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