by Andi | Nov 22, 2017 | Uncategorized, Written and Wrought
Here in the U.S., many of us celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow. It’s a hard day for many because of the fraught history of slaughter and colonization associated with the day, because of the grief some of us experience because of someone missing, because of the... by Andi | Nov 15, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
Lately, by sheer happenstance, I’ve been reading novels about bookish folks or bookish places. I just finished Nicole Yoon’s lovely YA novel, Everything, Everything,* and I’m in the midst of Katherine Reay’s The Bronte Plot.* Both are about... by Andi | Nov 8, 2017 | Written and Wrought
We go up to heaven and down to hell a dozen times a day – at least, I do. And the discipline of work provides an exercise bar, so that the wild, irrational motions of the soul become formal and creative. – May Sarton in Journal of a Solitude Seated in the... by Andi | Nov 1, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
It’s something concrete, controllable. All those squiggles of commas and subject-verb agreement choices. There is a right answer when it comes to grammar and mechanics, and that is comforting in the wild, never-perfect, no-right-way world of writing. It’s... by Andi | Oct 11, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
One of my mother’s favorite Biblical ideas was the idea of Ebenezer – “This far the Lord hath carried you.” In fact, her friend cross-stitched that word for her in a beautiful piece. So today, Kaitlin Curtice’s words on Ebenezer feel so...