by Nancy Colasurdo | Jun 17, 2011 | Write Thinking
I must confess that when I walked out of a matinee showing of The Tree of Life this week I was dazed. Written and directed by Terrence Malik, it’s a film you experience rather than watch. As I sat down to write about it, thoughts of other places where trees have...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Jun 16, 2011 | Write Thinking
Must take a moment to pause for writer James Joyce’s great work, Ulysses, as this day, June 16, is when the entire novel takes place. I enjoyed this from Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac today: Most places [Bloomsday is] celebrated by pub crawls,...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Jun 15, 2011 | Write Thinking
There are several things I loved about my first day of Dante’s Inferno class at NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies. One is that our enthused instructor, Eva, immediately had us distinguish in our minds the difference between Dante the poet...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Jun 15, 2011 | Write Thinking
So often you will read on here that my interview with someone felt like a conversation. The best ones almost always do. So let’s add another to the list — Aimee Cheshire of Madison Plus. This vibrant young entrepreneur knows the ins and outs of the plus...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Jun 14, 2011 | Write Thinking
Watching my governor, New Jersey’s Chris Christie, being interviewed by Piers Morgan. While we differ on much politically, there is one thing we completely agree on — the people who criticize his weight are ignorant. Makes me nuts. However, Governor, we...
