Monthly Archives: May 2022

“Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo . . .”

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Kate Stover

Virginia Woolf argues that life is not comprised of an orderly series of events, but rather, life is complex and spiritual in nature. Therefore, when writing about life, novelists should “. . . convey this varying, unknown and uncircumscribed spirit, … Continue reading →

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“There was this air, this light, a day of thorough and forgetful happiness . . .”

Posted on May 20, 2022 by Kate Stover

How many Pulitzer-Prize winning poets write about happiness? I can think of only one, Henry Taylor, who is considered by some critics to be “deliberately, determinedly unfashionable.” Why? Perhaps it is because his “technically well-ordered style and leisurely reflections of … Continue reading →

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“People writing about imaginary events were less depressed than people writing about actual trauma.”

Posted on May 9, 2022 by Kate Stover

In Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction, Jessica Lourey cites academic research that found that people who write fiction can experience more physical health benefits than people who write autobiography.  In my college classes, … Continue reading →

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