Writer. Contributing Editor at The Discarded Image. Digital Content Strategist. Here's where I publicly explore the books I'm reading, the projects I'm working on, and other current interests. Category Archives for On reading
Cultivating the things that matter
“The rise of the novel from an uncertain, fumbling, and generally despised form of cheap popular entertainment to the central and dominant genre of Western literature, all in little more than a century, is one of the more remarkable events … Continue reading
Well said: Welty on the shared reader/writer experience
This week, Eudora Welty is my mentor on the craft of writing. Here are some of her comments on the reading and writing of short stories: Reader and writer make it a double experience. It is part of the great … Continue reading
2006 reading roundup
I’ve been enjoying the many annual book lists lit bloggers have been posting over the last few days. I didn’t start keeping records of books read until mid 2005, so this is the first year for which I have any … Continue reading
Flannery on enjoying short stories
Flannery O’Connor, “On Her Own Work,†in Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose (recommended in my Resources section): In most English classes the short story has become a kind of literary specimen to be dissected. Every time a story of mine … Continue reading
