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catching days · 1W ago

reading: choosing a book

I am reading, reading, reading. Finished a book last night and, with no had-to-reads awaiting, I chose four, thick paperbacks (all given to me by friends) from my to-be-read stack. Two I discarded easily based on subject matter–generally not interested … Continue reading →
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catching days · 1W ago

how to be a writer

Fourteen writers respond in a collection of nine interlocking essays, meditations, and lists, all framed by excerpts from an interview with Michael Martone, and all aimed at pulling the curtain back, just a little, on that most important character we craft: The … Continue reading →
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catching days · 2W ago

the next writer in the series: june 1, 2012

Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, a guest writer shares how he or she spends the day. June 1, 2012: Sybil Baker I met Sybil at AWP this year at the Vermont College of Fine Arts party. I had [...]
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catching days · 2W ago

the next writer in the series: june 1, 2012

Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, a guest writer shares how he or she spends the day. June 1, 2012: Sybil Baker I met … Continue reading →
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catching days · 3W ago

How We Spend Our Days: Marge Piercy

Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, Catching Days hosts a guest writer in the series, “How We Spend Our Days.” Today, please welcome writer … Continue reading →
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catching days · 1M ago

note to self-read

I’ve been doing too much, or trying to do too much. Contrary, Hunger Mountain, Catching Days, writing group, writing, family, life, read… Wait a minute. I haven’t been reading all that much. I used to read every evening–from after supper … Continue reading →
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catching days · 1M ago

a more just world

About ten years ago, during the keynote lunch at the San Diego State Writers’ Conference, we were supposed to sit at the table whose center placard best described what we wrote. The choices were Memoir, Sci-Fi, Thrillers, Mysteries, Literary Fiction, Historical … Continue reading →
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catching days · 1M ago

the next writer in the series: may 1, 2012

Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, a guest writer shares how he or she spends the day. May 1, 2012: Marge Piercy I’ve been … Continue reading →
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catching days · 1M ago

How We Spend Our Days: William Lychack

Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, Catching Days hosts a guest writer in the series, “How We Spend Our Days.” Today, please welcome writer … Continue reading →
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catching days · 2M ago

my writing notebook: the handmaid’s tale

Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale Anchor paperback 1998 (1st pub 1985) On moving in and out of the present action: Frowning, she tears out three tokens and hands them to me. [13 paragraphs of backstory and interior monologue] I take … Continue reading →
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