I recently got assigned Beloved, a book by Toni Morrison, to read in college. It’s an older book, one that I’d claimed was my favorite book even though I’d only really kind of read it before. This is my Beloved book review.
Tag: literature
The Bard’s Town
I went to a poetry/fiction/essay reading Friday night, the InKY Reading Series at The Bard’s Town in Louisville, KY, and got read to. I wanted to go because that was my last weekend in Louisville for a few months, and I found out while I was there that it was the last reading of the… Continue reading The Bard’s Town
Hurry Please I Want To Know, The Snow Child, and In Our Time
I’ve been told to write everyday over the summer. Okay, challenge accepted. Classes have been over for about a week and I’ve already written thirty pages of crap. Not bad crap; I’ve gotten pretty good at polishing turds if I do say so myself, but it’s not as hard as marble or even as hard as… Continue reading Hurry Please I Want To Know, The Snow Child, and In Our Time
The Goldfinch, Daredevil, and As I Lay Dying
I’m probably one of about twenty people who hasn’t already read The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt yet. I’ve managed to avoid all the discussions and articles about the book for the better part of two semesters. I’m kind of proud of that. With the semester winding down, I suppose it’s probably time to think about… Continue reading The Goldfinch, Daredevil, and As I Lay Dying
Ron Carlson Writes A Story and The Governor’s Ball
My second semester at the University of Louisville is coming to end. In some ways, it was a better semester than my last. I got to write some more, and I actually got to participate in my first master class. Thank you, Michelle Latiolais! I also learned a lot about myself as a writer this… Continue reading Ron Carlson Writes A Story and The Governor’s Ball
Boys, Widow, and The Zen Thing
The past month has been a season of workshops and rewrites. I’m close to completing another version of one of my short stories for my creative-writing class; it’s a piece that I’ve been working on for pretty much most of the semester. I’m also planning my summer living arrangements, (hoping, praying, begging the universe that things just… Continue reading Boys, Widow, and The Zen Thing
Emergency, Moonwalk, and Testimony of A Pilot
I’ve written three short stories this semester. And when I say written, I don’t mean finished. I’ve also started submitting a pretty good story from last semester that I’m pretty proud of to over twenty literary journals. No bites yet, but I think I managed to somehow get a higher tier rejection from Granta Magazine… Continue reading Emergency, Moonwalk, and Testimony of A Pilot