CELEBRATING THE PUBLICATION OF A NOVELWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR”The first novel by a writer born in America was The Life of Harriet Stuart by Charlotte Ramsey Lennox, published in two volumes in London 1751….This novel, her first, was a semiautobiographical romance. Samuel Johnson, an eminent English writer, was a personal friend of hers andContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF WRITING”
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BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: SHAKESPEARE
SHAKESPEARE AND WILD GEESE”I, also, want to use one of the Fool’s lines as a title for something — ‘Winter’s not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way.’ Can’t think how to shorten it. “Is there any connection between wild geese and Lady Wildgoose? Lady W and her sister Lady Sandy tried, inContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: SHAKESPEARE”
BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: SHAKESPEARE
WHY SO MANY PRODUCTIONS OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS UNTIL AFTER WORLD WAR I WERE SO-CALLED TRADITONAL PRODUCTIONS”It used to fire my imagination when I realized that our stage ‘business’ was derived from the actual business used in Shakespeare’s time. Benson played with Irving, who had in his company an actor who had played with Kean. HeContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: SHAKESPEARE”
BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF READING
** “Reading was such a wonderful thing that to have made a life around the experience was almost criminal and it was so fortunate.” Elizabeth Hardwick ** THE CREATOR OF THE WIZARD OF OZ PREDICTEDTHE INVENTION OF THE CELL PHONE Baum wrote dozens of other novels and short stories, and he had a knackContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF READING”
BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF WRITING
THE MOST URGENT QUESTION FOR A WRITER The most urgent question for a writer may seem to be, What experiences do I have as my material, what experiences do I feel able tonarrate? But that’s not right. The most pressing question is, What is the word, what is the rhythm of the sentence, what toneContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF WRITING”
BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF WRITING
“I didn’t know you could do this! I didn’t know you could write this way! It was so open. So close to the bone. So convesational . The Catcher in the Rye showed me you could write to someone you’d never met as if you were talking to someone you’d always known.”Elizabeth Berg in TheContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF WRITING”
BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF READING
READING IN MOVIESHarry is shown reading the Stephen King novel “Misery”. The film adaptation Misery (1990) would be the next film directed by Rob Reiner.iMDb Trivia for When Harry Met Sally**THE OLDEST SURVIVING WRITTEN TALEThe “Epic of Gilgamesh” Is the Oldest Surviving Written TaleThe ancient Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh is often cited as the oldestContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF READING”
BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE:COMICS &COMIC STRIPS
Nelson Breen, Emmy Award Winning Film-maker & COMIC STRIPSI was a religious reader of every comic in both The Daily News and The Daily Mirror throughout high school. So much so that when I went off to the University of Virginia, my mother would cut out the strips every day, put them in order alongContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE:COMICS &COMIC STRIPS”
BITS & PIECES OF MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF WRITING
“It is a truth only fitfully acknowledged that whom the godswish to destroy, they first give an opinion column.” Parul Sehgal. The New Yorker (October 21, 2024)** STORY TELLING & SELF KNOWLEDGE I believe most of us tell a story about our lives and then come to live within that story. You can’t know whoContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF WRITING”
BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF READING
DO NOT EAT THIS BOOK”Menelik II,the emperor of Ethiopia at the turn of the century,liked to chew pages from the Bible. Unfortunately, he died after consuming the complete Book of Kings.”Anne Fadiman. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader(New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998)**ON BOOK REVIEWERS”Nothing but a bunch of ex-obituary writers.” John P.Continue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THE JOYS OF READING”
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