Quickening: Finding Those Living Moments
I’m always reading, always have a novel to settle down with at the end of the day, though my current
I’m always reading, always have a novel to settle down with at the end of the day, though my current
In past years, if I sat down to write novels about people connected to one another in various ways; if
BEING MORTAL And that is what Gawande emphasizes in this book: choice. The cases he relates are all about
When I was in grade school, I wrote a story about an avalanche. What did I know about that frightening
This post recalls an experience many of us have had. And lately, when I fly, I never get a window
Dear Readers: some of you have seen this piece, as it was posted last week…but most of you have NOT,
THE POLLY HILL ARBORETUM, located in West Tisbury, Massachusetts on Martha’s Vineyard. If something were to suddenly happen
Living in a temperate climate means big changes, and also some major challenges. One day it’s sixty degrees and you
Okay, it’s autumn, and just beyond my writing window…gold, yellow, lavender, and so many shades of green. Because
When a writer like Ann Patchett is creating her characters, we give her some leeway…she is writing from her own
Autumn is finally here. In some parts of the country and the world summer’s end was wet, with incessant rains
This was a response to a question that came in my email from McSweeneys. Dear McSweeney’s, You asked: WHAT SHOULD
I’m a writer. I write fiction. I am also a woman. In Lily King’s WRITERS AND LOVERS, her MC, Casey
The word maternity immediately provides an image of a pregnant woman, a would-be mother, the female aspect of reproduction.
At the end of the 1990s, we moved from Chicago to Des Moines, Iowa. We were excited about the
Unable to find the art I originally used for this topic, I found the above, a work by Daren