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The Dumb Man
The night is dark. Aren’t they all? The silent Muse sits on frozen earth, peering into a box full of lights in her lap. She looks up at your approach, face a pale wan moon. Silent, eyes showing … more →
in the Darkling Grove, listening with the trees
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naptimewriting wrote 1 month ago: Words to ponder; William Faulkner’s Nobel prize acceptance speech: “I feel that this awa … more →
Slow food or real life?
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naptimewriting wrote 2 months ago: Compelling article in the East Bay Express this week: Back to the Microwave by Sierra Filucci. The a … more →
Best fiction of the millennium
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naptimewriting wrote 2 months ago: Over at The Millions, they’re revealing the fiction they feel is the best of the millennium so … more →
least favorite "best" plays and better alternatives
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naptimewriting wrote 2 months ago: We just did a bang up job on narrowing the Western canon to 20 or so books. Let’s please winno … more →
Update: least favorite books and better choices
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naptimewriting wrote 2 months ago: I’m thinking today about books I just could not abide being dropped from the literary canon, t … more →
You asked for it.
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naptimewriting wrote 2 months ago: Okay. John has posed the following after my plea for ideas. *** “A woman I met at the college … more →
The Loh Down on Divorce
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naptimewriting wrote 5 months ago: Sandra Tsing Loh, whose writing I admire and whose voice is all too often in my car, is ending her m … more →
What *is* the antonym of slurping?
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naptimewriting wrote 6 months ago: You know, poor old dirt farmer introduced me to the concept of slurping, (to paraphrase inarticulate … more →
Valliantly finding happiness
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naptimewriting wrote 6 months ago: Fascinating look in the Atlantic Monthly at George Valliant and The Grant Study, a 70+-year look at … more →
Unoriginal post number 613
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naptimewriting wrote 6 months ago: Wouldn’t you know I thought this observation was somewhat original, and then I read at Salon.c … more →
Flux and another book on the choices of motherhood
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naptimewriting wrote 6 months ago: I’m most of the way through Flux by Peggy Orenstein, and I have to say, I dig it. And not just … more →
Have I taught you people nothing?!
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naptimewriting wrote 7 months ago: This morning’s blog stats note that someone found Naptime Writing by Googling “crutches … more →
National Poetry Month Part iii
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naptimewriting wrote 7 months ago: Poetry is a tough assignment for me…I’m a maximalist. I love long, convoluted sentences … more →
National Poetry Month part i
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naptimewriting wrote 7 months ago: A little Modernist cubism to start your month of poetry… this is painted on our bathroom wall. … more →
the Dumb Man
DarklingRose wrote 1 year ago: The night is dark. Aren’t they all? The silent Muse sits on frozen earth, peering into a box f … more →
Journey to ... the Mysterious Island! the Big Finish...
DarklingRose wrote 1 year ago: at long last…! the Pixie and Strongman’s Big Finish Conseil’s Tale … more →
Tribute Island is open
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DarklingRose wrote 2 years ago: Never pass up the chance to dance. Better yet if it be a dance with the dead. Tribute Island, memori … more →
solace
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DarklingRose wrote 2 years ago: She reads the words, twice, thrice, and finds more solace in each reading. But will it ever be enoug … more →
words flickering in the flame-light
DarklingRose wrote 2 years ago: The Lady sits at the edge of the flickering circle of light. The unfamiliar forest around her is dar … more →
