"Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." — Stephen King
Poetry is the most textured form of writing. It attracts artists who weave sounds and images with mystery. They may be cranky (T. S. Eliot) or homesick (Seamus Heaney) or humorous (Billy Collins). They may believe that poetry is an instrument … Read More
Mark Haddon’s extraordinary novel The Red House appears to be built on the ideas and style of the essays written by Michel de Montaigne in the 1500s, and I can’t think of a better, more inventive, choice. As … Read More
Unlike fiction writers, who create plots that keep their readers in suspense, memoirists have to stick to telling stories about things that already have happened. For example, author Debra Marquart grew up in North Dakota, became a singer … Read More