Words of the Week: Frank Bruni
“When hatred is loosed, we’re all in the crossfire.”
Source: Frank Bruni, “The Oldest Hatred, Forever Young” an opinion piece following Sunday’s terrible events in Overland Park, Kansas, in The New York Times
“When hatred is loosed, we’re all in the crossfire.”
Source: Frank Bruni, “The Oldest Hatred, Forever Young” an opinion piece following Sunday’s terrible events in Overland Park, Kansas, in The New York Times
This past week I had the privilege of reading Elizabeth Nunez’s latest book, a memoir titled Not for Everyday Use (Akashic Books). I obtained a digital galley with the intention of asking Elizabeth–whom I’ve been lucky to get to know through my “day job” at The City University of New York–if she’d be willing to answer a few questions for The Practicing Writer.
I finished this excellent book quickly, and the ever-gracious Elizabeth agreed to answer my questions (in fact, she has already returned her responses!). I had to tell her, though, that the newsletter interviewees are booked (so to speak), for the next several months. This interview won’t appear until the August issue, which will go out to readers at the very end of July. (In the interest of keeping things somewhat suspenseful, I won’t reveal the identities of every interviewee between now and then, but I’ll tell you that our very next issue will feature Roxane Gay, who will tell us about her soon-to-be-published novel An Untamed State.)
Meantime, I encourage you to watch this video of Elizabeth’s recent appearance at the Center for Fiction (although this latest book is nonfiction, Elizabeth is an acclaimed novelist). You’ll get to hear her read from the memoir, and listen to her conversation with Louise DeSalvo (who offers terrific questions and comments in a discussion that encompasses race, religion, writing and more). An hour well spent.
Monday brings the weekly batch of no-fee competitions/contests, paying submission calls, and jobs for those of us who write (especially those of us who write fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction). (more…)
In which I participate in David Abrams’s “Sunday Sentence” project, which asks us to share the best sentence(s) we’ve read during the past week, “out of context and without commentary.”
“More stuff ends up on my night stand than I’ll ever read.”
Source: Michael Lewis, in the New York Times Book Review “By the Book” column.
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend. (more…)