I’m Considered One of Those Writers
January 30, 2024
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But what of those writers who write many different kinds of books? How do readers respond?
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The Art of Fixing a Shadow
January 23, 2024
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Photography has long fascinated me. … I set up a darkroom in the basement of my house and worked with film. … At the time I was immersed in all of this I wrote three books, which, I believe, were greatly influenced by my engagement with images.
Now Winter Has Come
January 16, 2024
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This morning, in Denver, it was minus eight degrees. Surely, winter. I reminded myself, “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”.
Not All Fiction is Fiction
January 9, 2024
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It’s a new year so here’s an old story about the town where I live in Colorado and one of my books which is set there.
How the Past Comes into the Present
January 2, 2024
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A 19th-century fact, written down by my grandmother in 1939, edited by my twin sister in 1978, written into my fiction in 2024. My way of organizing the past into a contemporary fictional narrative.
The Red Fox
December 26, 2023
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Sometimes, living in a forest as I do, I get a glimpse of nature in all its living beauty, its calming beauty.
The Pleasure of Re-Reading
December 19, 2023
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I’m sure I’m preaching to the choir here when I speak of the pleasures of reading. But perhaps not enough is said about the pleasure of re-reading.
How Publishing Used to Feel
December 12, 2023
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Among Friends is “a history of an industry transformed by consolidation and shifting tastes.” I have been part of that industry since 1968, when my first book, Things That Sometimes Happen, was accepted for publication.
Inarticulate
December 5, 2023
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If people cannot be taught or experience how to express their feelings, frustrations, and conflicts with words, they will find ways—destructive ways—to express their emotions.
Of Passing Interest
November 28, 2023
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Here’s a mordant question. What happens to a writer’s work when she/he passes on?