Short Saturday: Story Ideas
I am always interested in interviews with authors, especially when they’re as interesting as this one at the Harper’s Magazine blog is. It’s a chat with Christopher Beha and concerns, mostly, his...
View ArticleThe Bonus Round (2013 Edition)
I’ve been publishing a recap, every January, of every book mentioned in posts during the past year. (Except—whoops—I missed January this year. But maybe you did too? Man, that month went by fast!) Mind...
View ArticleShort Saturday: It’s a Beautiful Day
This short film (just under two minutes) is actually an advertisement for a British company that calls itself an “online content specialist.” Which boils down to copywriting. We’ve talked before about...
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Where Do You Get Your Story Ideas? (Part Four)
I have a pretty large collection of children’s picture books, started long before the Boy was even a gleam in my eye and added to long after he’d declared himself too old for them. I love these kinds...
View ArticleSouthern Fiction: My Reading List
We were discussing Southern fiction earlier, and I promised you a list. Here it is. I’ve read these and liked them. You may suggest others; I hope you do. Agee, James / A Death in the Family Burke,...
View ArticleSouthern Literature Starts With Faulkner*
My mother was a reader, and she loved the novels of William Faulkner. When I got to an age (around eleven) that I was choosing to read classic fiction, she suggested I try Faulkner. Start with As I Lay...
View ArticleWhen I Love a Book, I Love It Forever
Back in 2006 I wrote a book review of A Family Daughter for BookPage. I seriously fell in love with it. So much so that I turned around and read Meloy’s Liars and Saints immediately upon finishing....
View ArticleShort Saturday: The Three Princes of Serendip
My friend Beth, as I’ve noted before, is an accomplished writer, having been working her way through the MFA writing program at Butler University. I’ve gotten to see many “assignments” (that is,...
View ArticleI Once Wanted to Be Ellen Gilchrist
I get asked all the time to recommend someone’s next read, probably because I’m so opinionated about books (no, really?) and because anyone who sets foot in the house can see that I’m quite fond of...
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