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Reading, Writing & Redford: March 2011
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Reading, Writing and Redford. Impressions of books and films, creativity in general and one movie star in particular. Thursday, March 31, 2011. For the third or fourth time in as many weeks, a professor has recommended memorizing poetry to, as Susan Cheever put it, “have a gem in your pocket at all times.”. It’s not a new concept, but I haven’t been required to memorize since “Friends, Romans, countrymen.” or “Whose woods these are.” Ninth grade, maybe. Spoke with us. And The Writer's Almanac. And shout ...
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A Desk of My Own: July 2015
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A Desk of My Own. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Things They Carry With Them. Months have been spent on the jettison –. What to pitch, how to downsize. Sentimentality has been given no quarter. Beds, flowerpots, side tables –. Nothing sacred, nothing beyond the swinging axe. Cutting ties to just-a-house, merely-a-town. But things will be carried. Wine, of course, to toast a new life,. New jobs, new perspective. Dogs, because poodles don’t stay behind. And ghosts will accompany them, our shadows –.
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A Desk of My Own: Genius
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A Desk of My Own. Saturday, January 31, 2015. I was never the smartest,. But always knew how. To make the connection,. To draw an analogy,. To ask a good question. I always missed marks of distinction,. Doing well enough to move on:. Always worked just hard enough. Always at the last minute,. Always meeting the deadline, just. Is one who knows. What to say at a the right moment,. What to listen to or ignore,. What matters or not. Lessons learned through hard experience. Are most weighty;. Tough to hold,.
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A Desk of My Own: Things They Carry With Them
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A Desk of My Own. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Things They Carry With Them. Months have been spent on the jettison –. What to pitch, how to downsize. Sentimentality has been given no quarter. Beds, flowerpots, side tables –. Nothing sacred, nothing beyond the swinging axe. Cutting ties to just-a-house, merely-a-town. But things will be carried. Wine, of course, to toast a new life,. New jobs, new perspective. Dogs, because poodles don’t stay behind. And ghosts will accompany them, our shadows –.
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Reading, Writing & Redford: Another summer over < sigh >
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Reading, Writing and Redford. Impressions of books and films, creativity in general and one movie star in particular. Tuesday, September 6, 2011. It was one of the better ones, too, with a dream-like cruise along the Danube River, a brief but eye-opening stint teaching high school kids at Columbia, and. My girls home, cheerful and mostly getting along. But s. Occer season is already under way and summer homework almost. Dispensed with so while. I’d have liked. This comfortable hum of a break. Vowell̵...
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Reading, Writing & Redford: Madrid: The Way It Was
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Reading, Writing and Redford. Impressions of books and films, creativity in general and one movie star in particular. Thursday, January 17, 2013. Madrid: The Way It Was. I have never met the idol of my younger self, the star of movies I love most, like The Way We Were. And Out of Africa. Enter fancy hotels in t-shirts and baseball caps. I looked again. I remembered to breathe only when my oldest elbowed me gently in the ribcage. So, did I have the wherewithal to ask for an autograph or photo? It didnR...
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Reading, Writing & Redford: #whyidontwrite
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Reading, Writing and Redford. Impressions of books and films, creativity in general and one movie star in particular. Monday, June 11, 2012. Recently, my friend Erin Ehsani, who when she isn’t working on her exquisite memoir promotes the work of the New York Writers Coalition, asked me to help the organization’s current cause: to make writing—more specifically #whyidontwrite—a trending topic on Twitter for a day. (Here’s. On both this effort and the NY Writers’ upcoming fundraiser.). 8226; Erging, lately...
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Reading, Writing & Redford: January 2011
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Reading, Writing and Redford. Impressions of books and films, creativity in general and one movie star in particular. Saturday, January 15, 2011. Not long ago, my friend Lisa brought me to a musty and cramped office basement for a used-book sale. It was All-You-Can-Read Day—fill a grocery bag for $5—and I shook at having to narrow my choices from thousands. An hour later, I hauled four paper bags into the sunlight and made Lisa take me home before I burrowed back for more. And Reimagining the Book. Blogs...
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Reading, Writing & Redford: June 2012
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Reading, Writing and Redford. Impressions of books and films, creativity in general and one movie star in particular. Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Made on the 1. 8220;This song is for the white lady with the sunglasses.”. Briefly I considered whether the busker who’d boarded at 96th Street was crooning about me. P. Lenty of other women had sunglasses. 8212;it was sunny on the street—but I couldn’t rule it out. 8220;This song is for the white lady with the sunglasses and the green slippers.”. I blushed into my...
