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It seems that in every creative writing class I take, Eudora Welty’s name is invoked. The woman had a lot to say about writing. A quick search on the internet will give you hundreds of thousands of hits of her advice despite the fact that she died over 15 years ago. She is, without a […]
Read my last mini-essay here. The Collection as Form This seminar by Kathryn Rhett, instructor at Queens University of Charlotte, explored the works of three different authors and genres. In poetry, we read The Well Speaks of its Own Poison by Maggie Smith; in fiction, Adam Johnson’s Fortune Smiles, and in nonfiction, The Braindead Megaphone […]
MFA ESSAYS Now that I am a MFA student in Creative Writing (Fiction) at Queens University, I am required to write a few short comparative literature essays about the books we read and the seminars we attended. I figured, might as well post these essays here, too, right? My first essay is about the Treatment […]
Circumnavigating the Globe. In a Car. In the 1960s. That’s how Albert Podell began his life-long journey to every country on Earth. He and fellow travel writer Harold Stephens found big-name sponsors to fund the trip that took them through nearly 30 countries in the span of about two years. Afterwards, they wrote a book […]
Netgalley I came across John Marshall’s memoir via Netgalley, the site that lets you leverage your social media clout to receive free advanced review copies (ARCs) of certain books from certain publishers (digital format). The deal is, of course, that you have to review the book in a timely manner. If you haven’t gotten in […]
Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole Ok, I’ll be honest. I chose this book solely because it takes place partly in Scotland and I’ve been feeling nostalgic (where did that year and a half go?). My current “home” is located a 30 minute drive from Bozeman, MT…consequently I spend a lot of time in the […]
Travel Madness I came across this book on a travel-oriented Facebook group (though I forget which one), posted by the author, Joshua Samuel Brown. He had just published his collection of short stories on Amazon, and was looking for people to check it out. About the Author Joshua Samuel Brown is the co-author of thirteen […]
Book Week Scotland was 24-30 November The Scottish Book Trust launched a collection of short stories in celebration of Scotland and its writers. The book was given away for free in various locations across the country. I picked up my copy from a tourist information point while on holiday with my family in St Andrews. […]
We support our fellow romance pioneers One of our lovely comrades over at The Page Girls (fight the good fight, girls), Cecily Gates, was kind enough to send me a copy of her debut novel, An Imaginary House by the Sea, the first of a series of novels set in Bridgeport. I have to say, […]
Manazuru by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Michael Emmerich In August, I went to see a few readings at the Edinburgh Book Festival. At the checkout counter (purchasing a book. Of course.) I struck up a conversation with the sales girl, Clare, and got to explaining the concept behind my MSc dissertation (the main character has […]