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
Everything ends and everything begins and everything will be OK
Laurel lives in a world of after. After she takes the SATs, she’ll be able to start thinking about college applications. After her junior year of high school ends, she … 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
Zone One, a review
I hate scary movies. And roller coasters. And certainly movies, scary or otherwise, in which a roller coaster plays any sort of role. I don’t watch The Walking Dead, and … Continue reading
How Steve Jobs affected my iLife
How many of you were using an iDevice when you learned about the death of Steve Jobs? I’m asking the question, but I’m not the first person to ask 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
Every You Every Me review
I rarely (read: mostly never) ask questions at author readings because I do not want to be one of those rabid fans wanting to know what the author is reading … 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
Review of Wikipedia Says It Will Pass
Call love a battlefield, and you’ll have to call Diana Salier, author of the just-out chapbook,wikipedia says it will pass, a soldier. I’d call her a gold-medal winning heartbreak Olympian, … Continue reading
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