Blogs about: James Wood
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Love
“Love demands more than we can do on our own. Love makes us surrender. More than a feeling, love is the very basis of all that is and the most sacred bond that two human beings can share. Love i… more →
Cliffhanger
Is God (as narrator, that is) dead?
wrote 3 days ago: - Jo-Anne Richards I might be shot down in flames for this, but I find the omniscient point of view … more →
Recommended Reading: Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
wrote 4 days ago: Upon finding that Dyer’s “Zona” was already checked out of the Vancouver Public Li … more →
A Character Is What She Does
wrote 1 week ago: In Ron Carlson Writes a Story, Carlson says, “A character is what he or she does.” He wr … more →
I Review Patience (After Sebald), an Oppressively Overstylized Documentary
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wrote 1 week ago: Let’s get this out of the way first: I love W.G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn. I think i … more →
What's Your O.Q.?
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wrote 1 week ago: Everyone’s heard of I.Q., or intelligence quotient, which is a score based on a test that a pe … more →
The settings of violence
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wrote 1 month ago: There were two main places that violence occurred: in the towns, and on the battlefields. Most conf … more →
More words
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wrote 1 month ago: I spent about 6 hours in the library this evening, I have been on the verge of an essay for about tw … more →
Quote of the Day
wrote 1 month ago: Novel writing has an entrepreneurial element: to invent a central story which can function simultane … more →
IAB Announces Jimmy Hersman SVP of Strategic Partners
wrote 1 month ago: Washington, DC April 12, 2012 The Independent Association of Businesses today announced Jimmy Hersm … more →
James Wood: Virginia Woolf's Forgetful Selves
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wrote 1 month ago: PEN American Center – James Wood: Virginia Woolf’s Forgetful Selves. I believe that Wool … more →
@ James Wood
wrote 2 months ago: Won 1-0 … more →
Books, Nooks, and Looks--Unpacking Your Library
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wrote 2 months ago: I’m nosy. Total confession. When I am visiting I tend to check out the my host’s books … more →
James Wood
wrote 2 months ago: Won 8-4 … more →
"No" To Shopping Center..."Yes" To Cabs
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wrote 3 months ago: Wrapping up the week with some more articles from the May 1965 Glimpses…let’s first take … more →
Saul Bellow's Hunger for the Universal
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wrote 3 months ago: At Bellow’s memorial meeting, held in the Young Men’s Hebrew Association at Lexington Av … more →
Love
wrote 3 months ago: “Love demands more than we can do on our own. Love makes us surrender. More than a feeling, lo … more →
Literary roundup: Life’s cheerless dance – Szymborska, Joseph Roth and Satantango
wrote 3 months ago: Wisława Szymborska died on February 1 and as the remembrances and tributes pour forth a couple of ve … more →
stuff the sallies would see (upcoming/ongoing events in nyc)
wrote 3 months ago: “A Wrinkle in Time” Celebration at Symphony Space (Feb 11) “Relighting Old Flame with Ne … more →
What Is a Fiction Writer?
wrote 4 months ago: As a writer of both short stories and unfinished novels, I wonder what it is that defines me as some … more →
