“A story is already over before we hear it. That is how the storyteller knows what it means.” -Joan Silber, The Art of Time in Fiction I hope I am not one of those people who says, “Everything happens for a reason.” As I once heard Barry Keating say, “God doesn’t send you hardship to build […]
Today is the birthday of the inimitable Colleen J. McElroy. In celebration I refer you to my History Link article about Colleen, and to her essay in English Matters (Spring 2011) about post-retirement travels. And here’s a poem from her latest book, Here I Throw Down My Heart (U of Pittsburgh Press, 2012): Crossing the Rubicon at Seventy we do […]
I found this article at Book Riot. Having read all of these books helps. The Olivia costume is my fave. Lisbeth Salander though? Hard to resist.
One of the reasons I blog is so that I can share with you what I’ve been reading. And ever since I spent a month (last April) blogging about poetry I love, I have been attracting poetry — people pass along their favorite books, books of poetry just turn up, willy nilly, and poets sign […]