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A Reading List for Introverts (by Bethany – Part I, I hope)
I took a four-day narrative writing workshop in February, and the instructor (who was excellent) had a collection of aphorisms he suggested we use when we write. One of them was “Don’t isolate your characters.” In other words, characters should … Continue reading →
Yarn Along, And Thoughts on an Anniversary
Unfortunately, today’s Yarn Along post does not include a photo. This is ironic and funny given some of the things I wrote below about technology – but the bottom line is that I can’t get my phone to send the … Continue reading →
Some teenage angst and some reflections on having graduated from high school twenty years ago
Tomorrow marks twenty years to the day since our high school graduation. I have always remembered the date: 6/4/94. I even used it as my password for the phone-in class registration tool we used at Davis in the nineties. I … Continue reading →
Juvenilia
Look what I just dug up: this book review I wrote when I was thirteen was published in the San Francisco Chronicle on March 26, 1989. I was paid $15, which is more than anyone around THIS place ever pays … Continue reading →
Happy April Fool’s Day!
Who’s the fool? I am, for thinking I’d get done at work early enough to write a proper April Fool’s Day post. I was going to do a fake post, talking about the new format of the blog. I never … Continue reading →
Out Like a Lamb
I just wrote a post about Thoreau. More specifically, it was about Transcendentalist literature, which is the Classics Club’s theme for April. I took a bunch of pictures of my nasty old falling-apart copy of Walden, with a focus on … Continue reading →
Requiem for a Hard Drive, and also my long-awaited review of Kim Harrison’s Ever After
I will not deny that I’m a pretty clumsy person. I once fell in the shower and broke my finger. I once fell in the shower and gave myself a giant bruise on my inner thigh. Last week in Yosemite … Continue reading →
Bookcase Art, Memories, and Orange Leaves
I’m not sure I’ve been holding up my end of the post-every-day bargain (and Jill will be happy to remind me that I was the one who suggested extending the challenge for another month). But the fact is, I have … Continue reading →
Thoughts on Writers’ Workspaces and on Alice Munro’s “The Office”
There’s no question that Alice Munro’s short story “The Office” – from her first collection, Dance of the Happy Shades, published in 1968 – was written with Virginia Woolf in mind. The story’s opening paragraph is an arrow pointing directly … Continue reading →
Posted in Alice Munro, Authors, Book-related personal narratives, Feminist Literature (Classics Club - March 2014), Fiction - general, Fiction - Important Award Winners, Fiction - literary, Fiction - Short Stories, Nonfiction - Essays, Nonfiction - General, Nonfiction - Literary Studies, Reviews by Bethany, Virginia Woolf
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Five Things I Did Today Instead of Writing About The Crucible
I didn’t write about The Crucible today, although some of the thoughts I had about the play during my morning walk were pretty darned profound. I’m studying the play with the student I tutor, and I’m still trying to make … Continue reading →
Postcards From Purgatory 