by Nancy Colasurdo | Jul 25, 2012 | Write Thinking
My brother recommended a piece in a recent issue of The New Yorker. Said he thought of me when he read it — “THE HUNGER DIARIES: Life and Letters” by Mavis Gallant. At age 28, she left a job as a journalist in Montreal and went to Paris (1950). The...
by Nancy Colasurdo | 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...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Nov 18, 2011 | Write Thinking
Loved this piece on coaching in The New Yorker by Atul Gawande: Annals of Medicine, Personal Best — Top Athletes and Singers Have Coaches. Should You?
by Nancy Colasurdo | Jul 19, 2009 | The Universal Flow
Sometimes I just have to marvel at the stuff we collect and save. I’ve been a pretty good purger of stuff lately, so there are few surprises when I do a deep clean. Which is why today’s find was so much fun. Just cleaned out my bedroom closet (you know...
