Stormy weather prompts me to run around and gather cut flowers that might be pummeled in a heavy rainstorm. Peony and poppy flowers often shatter in heavy rain.
The little bike wound up, down, between trees. This certainly was unusual, but she wasn’t complaining despite the bouncing up and down over the now-nonexistent road.
Mathews has been teaching at Simon’s Rock since 2007 and also serves as head of its division of language and literature. His book was named an editor's choice by The New York Times Book Review.
My wife insists that I am never at a loss for something to write. It is how I sustain my idleness. Her belief in my productivity is almost as good as my actually being productive.
Part of population of memoir writing is the widespread realization that you do not have to be a celebrity or politician to have a life story worth writing about.
Huber’s words are those of a serious and well-worn traveler of the interior, who sees self-hate as the greatest obstacle to being a truly awakened person, and I trust her.
She had a hundred grievances against Jay, she had a litany of grievances — they often came to mind unbidden like the hypnogenic lyric of some ancient detergent commercial.
"If something interests me, whether it’s a piece of language or a family relationship or a cow, then I write about it. I never judge ahead of time. I never ask, Is this worth writing about?”
-- Lydia Davis
Berkshire community members are invited to record their own conversations with a family member, friend, or colleague. A trained team of StoryCorps facilitators will be in Great Barrington to formally record up to 18 stories.
It’s less a nuts-and-bolts how-to book and more a real-life guide to developing solid, necessary writing skills, from the basic to the advanced, from pen on the page to completed stories, essays, or poems.
This is not an easy book. There are thirteen such tales in total. The stories are riveting and sad and funny. They are also incredibly thoughtful and fair, accessible and smart.
