Monthly Archives: October 2010
W. Ross Winterowd’s essay tree diagrams of Joan Didion and Lewis Thomas.
This is how Winterowd breaks down Didion’s “Los Angeles Notebook.” And this is how he breaks down Thomas’ “Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony.” This is from Winterowd’s “Rediscovering the Essay.” Journal of Advanced Composition. Volume 8, … Continue reading
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Literary culture fart-smelling redux.
Even though I mea culpa-d myself to the hilt in order to talk about the hermetic nature of writing-about-writing, even though I confessed to reading as many posts on pro/anti-MFA, Virginia Quarterly Review postmortems, and any number of wretched poetryland … Continue reading
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“Minimum Ape and the Pitcher in the Rye,” two-act play written circa 1987.
I think I wrote this in my freshman year of college for some drama appreciation class. It’s horrible, but has a certain charm. Like being horrible. Here’s a PDF version. If you produce it, I’ll make sure to attend a … Continue reading
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