Katherine Mansfield died on 9 January 1923.
Katherine Mansfield.
“When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them.”–Katherine Mansfield
Goodbye, Katherine Mansfield!
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Tag Archives: Writing
[Book Nerd News] Elizabeth Wurtzel Dies at 52
Nella Larsen on Imagination
“Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it.”–Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen (1928). Photographed by James Allen.
[Book Nerd News] William Luce, ‘Belle of Amherst’ and ‘Barrymore’ Playwright, Dies at 88
WILLIAM LUCE, ‘BELLE OF AMHERST’ AND ‘BARRYMORE’ PLAYWRIGHT, DIES AT 88 [THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER]
For Frank on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Here Are Three Joan Didion Quotes in Honor of Her Birthday
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”–The White Album
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
“I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing.”–The Year of Magical Thinking
[Book Nerd Links] Black Mountain Poets, Yayoi Kusama, Poe House, and Elaine Stritch
- Redefining the Black Mountain Poets [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- Entering Infinity with Yayoi Kusama [THE PARIS REVIEW]
- Baltimore knows its Poe House is a treasure, but now it’s officially Maryland’s first ‘Literary Landmark’ [BALTIMORE SUN]
- Elaine Stritch’s Never-Ending Search to Get Her Due [LIT HUB]
Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum (Baltimore, Maryland).
Daily Diversion #437: Writing Space
I’m finally getting my new writing studio put together. As most of you know, our recent (okay, it was two+ months ago) move was ridiculous and awful. Unpacking things in my studio was pretty much at the bottom of the list. Better late than never, though. Here’s a partial view of the area above my desk.
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John Steinbeck on the Magic in Story Writing
“If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another.”–John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck (November 1939)
