I recently read an article about first lines in fiction that claimed having the ability to write a powerful first line was something that can’t be taught. I’m not sure I’d go that far, but I do believe that writing an attention grabbing first line is as important as any other aspect of a short [...]
Archive for October, 2007
The First Line: Don’t Let That Be the Reader’s Last Word
Posted in writing, tagged fiction, reading, writing on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Sacred Art of Bathtub Poetry
Posted in poetry, tagged bathtub crayons, creative writing, poem, poet, poetry, writing, writing poetry on October 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Meditation in the Color Purple
Space shifts
You won’t feel it
not directly anyway, but
after moments pile
on top of one another
stacked into weeks
the walls will widen like lips
spreading
into a sly smile
I purchased a set of bathtub crayons for my daughter yesterday, and it made me think of a prompt I recently read on a poet friend’s blog. He [...]
My duty as a writer/reader/Italian-American
Posted in Italian-American Literature, life, poetry, writing, tagged creative writing, Dana Gioia, immigration, Italian-American writing, Italians, poetry, voice, writing on October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It was about nine years ago when I walked into a branch of the Ann Arbor Public Library to recheck a book. I had used up all my time and hadn’t finished the book. This forced me to find another book to check out. Frustrated, I looked through the shelves of fiction for anything when [...]
Writing and Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Posted in art, breast cancer, family, life, photography, poetry, writing, tagged breast cancer, MFA Creative Writing, novel, school, writing on October 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What’s the connection? For me, irony is the connection.
I’m preparing to head to residency for my third semester of my MFA. It was nearly a year ago that I was last in Louisville for residency. I had submitted for workshop a bit from the novel that I’m working on in which a thirtysomething woman deals with a [...]
