Give A Lick: Literary Postage Stamps – Flannery O’Connor and Ralph Ellison
Continuing on the Give A Lick: Literary Postage Stamp week, today I will be featuring Flannery O’Connor and Ralph Ellison. The
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Continuing on the Give A Lick: Literary Postage Stamp week, today I will be featuring Flannery O’Connor and Ralph Ellison. The
Inspiration comes from many places. Today’s blog post inspiration came from the Richard Wright quote of last week, when I
The more closely the author thinks of why he wrote, the more he comes to regard his imagination as
My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the
There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do
Have you ever been stuck for a word? The meaning is clear in your head, but you can’t grasp the
“Characters are not created by writers. They pre-exist and have to be found.” Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) What does this mean?
acroname n. A name that is the acronym of a longer name. [Deseret News] ambidisastrous adj. Equally ruinous or calamitous in two ways or
Ernest Hemingway‘s writing style is known almost instantaneously by most readers. It is distinctive, recognizable, and influential. Critics believe his
Fight. (v) Old English feohtan “to combat, contend with weapons, strive; attack; gain by fighting, win” (intransitive; class III strong
The Mysterious “Dord” In 1934, the word “Dord“ appeared in the Second Edition of Webster’s New International Dictionary on page 771, between “dorcopsis”
Don DeLillo is the National Book Foundation‘s 2015 Medalist for Distinguished Contribution To American Letters. The Medal for Distinguished
Happy May everyone. I am sitting here in Starbucks, perusing Pinterest boards. I came across this infographic that I pinned
Stories move in circles. They don’t move in straight lines. So it helps if you listen in circles. There are
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