Moore, Moore, Moore

by | Apr 20, 2012 | Unfettered 50, Write Thinking

I want to say I’m a fan of fiction writer Lorrie Moore’s work, but it’s more like I can’t believe Lorrie Moore’s work. In a good way. As a reader, I always seem to come away flabbergasted by how her mind works as a writer. I think things...

Friends, books, lists

by | Nov 18, 2011 | Write Thinking

One of my most well-read friends, Erin, told me once that the “Books I Heartily Recommend” list featured on this site has a tone that’s all about our need to be fixed. It was coming from a place  of telling people how to be better or heal their...

Class in session

by | Sep 22, 2011 | Write Thinking

What a wonderfully insightful and informative introductory class I was part of today. It was an NYU literature class called “Women Write Their Lives” and we will be reading Virginia Woolf, Annie Ernaux, Jamaica Kincaid, Vivian Gornick, Natalia Ginzburg,...