Monthly Archives: June 2019

“A good answer must be reinvented many times, from scratch.”

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Kate Stover

At the heart of this year’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Overstory, is the question “How important are trees?” What I love about this book is the way it gives eight answers to that question by telling the stories of eight … Continue reading →

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“A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing.”

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Kate Stover

Margaret Atwood continues, “The wastebasket has evolved for a reason.”  This morning, a student described how difficult writing was for her. She’s not alone.  One thing that hasn’t changed over the decades I’ve worked with students is the expectation that … Continue reading →

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