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Book into movie →. February 28, 2007 · 10:52 pm. 8220;A poet never takes notes,” said Robert Frost. “You never take notes in a love affair.”. Frost knew something about writing poetry, but I think he was being a touch precious about the question of notes. Isn’t it the rare writer who can create totally from memory? I would think not. What are journals, diaries, letters, writer’s notebooks for? I remember reading once that William Carlos Williams, a doctor and marvelous poet, would scrawl lines on his pre...
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Expats and the beauty of language | Frozen sea
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Writer and editor: Carver and Lish →. June 14, 2007 · 2:26 am. Expats and the beauty of language. I stumbled upon some comments by the Czech writer Josef Skvorecky, an exile in Canada, about how expatriates appreciate their native language. In a distinct way. Skvorecky offered this:. Miller’s theory is interesting (if not self-serving, since Miller was an expat), one which obviously resonated with Skvorecky. Does absence make the heart grow fonder? Or the ear sharper? For that matter, today there is no i...
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Writer and editor: Carver and Lish | Frozen sea
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Expats and the beauty of language. December 20, 2007 · 7:10 pm. Writer and editor: Carver and Lish. Alex Beam’s always provocative column in the. Has focused on the dispute over Gordon Lish’s editing of Raymond Carver’s short fiction. The Lish-Carver spat raises questions. Where should a writer draw the line? Allowing an editor to re-write the close of a story, as Lish apparently did, in “Beginners” seems to me to be way over the line. The ending is Lish, not Carver. Yet Carver bears ...To the extent tha...
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Writing it down →. January 30, 2007 · 8:00 pm. I’ll confess that I was pleased to find this quote from Joseph Heller the other day: “Every writer I know has trouble writing.”. Whenever I am struggling to find the right words—the blocking and tackling of writing—I’m convinced that others must find it easier to write than me. I’m jealous of the facile writer, the first-time-right composers, those with the gift of “flow.”. So Heller’s comment lifted my spirits. Writing it down →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Newer posts →. October 30, 2006 · 10:17 pm. The Canadian translator Paul Wilson had some interesting things to say about the art of translation when discussing his work with the Czech writer Václav Havel in. Wilson admitted to taking liberties in translating Havel’s writings from Czech into English, liberties he sees as central to the art of translation. Something is clearly lost in translation, but something is gained. August 24, 2006 · 11:33 pm. Of course it’s personal. Of a new book,. Novels, Edward M...
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Book into movie | Frozen sea
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Expats and the beauty of language →. April 21, 2007 · 6:22 pm. Hollywood is notorious for converting novels into screenplays which bear little, if any, resemblance to the original book. A number of movies about Hollywood have had subversive fun with this “corruption by adaptation,” mocking the pretentions of studio executives and snooty authors alike (my favorite is. The film of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel). Lord of the Rings. The recent science fiction film. James’s novel has some very tough thing...
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Monthly Archives: June 2007. June 14, 2007 · 2:26 am. Expats and the beauty of language. I stumbled upon some comments by the Czech writer Josef Skvorecky, an exile in Canada, about how expatriates appreciate their native language. In a distinct way. Skvorecky offered this:. Miller’s theory is interesting (if not self-serving, since Miller was an expat), one which obviously resonated with Skvorecky. Does absence make the heart grow fonder? Or the ear sharper? For that matter, today there is no isolation ...
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February | 2007 | Frozen sea
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Monthly Archives: February 2007. February 28, 2007 · 10:52 pm. 8220;A poet never takes notes,” said Robert Frost. “You never take notes in a love affair.”. Frost knew something about writing poetry, but I think he was being a touch precious about the question of notes. Isn’t it the rare writer who can create totally from memory? I would think not. What are journals, diaries, letters, writer’s notebooks for? I remember reading once that William Carlos Williams, a doctor and marvelous poet, would scrawl li...
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January | 2007 | Frozen sea
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Monthly Archives: January 2007. January 30, 2007 · 8:00 pm. I’ll confess that I was pleased to find this quote from Joseph Heller the other day: “Every writer I know has trouble writing.”. Whenever I am struggling to find the right words—the blocking and tackling of writing—I’m convinced that others must find it easier to write than me. I’m jealous of the facile writer, the first-time-right composers, those with the gift of “flow.”. So Heller’s comment lifted my spirits. Writer and editor: Carver and Lish.
