Monday, January 9, 2012

New Year's Resolution Reading List: 9 Books on Reading and Writing

New, old, and dead writers offer their advice for stepping up your literary game.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/01/new-years-resolution-reading-list-9-books-on-reading-and-writing/251079/

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Her dress swung as she moved her body and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side.

Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I did not myself understand.

---  James Joyce, from "Araby" in "Dubliners"
Her dress swung as she moved her body and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side.

Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I did not myself understand.

--- James Joyce, from "Araby" in "Dubliners"