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Comment on Holiday Reading by novelique

novelique — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:39:35 +0000

Yes of course! I’d be honored. I haven’t quite figured out my own links yet but when I do I’d love to list you in mine if that’s okay. I haven’t read either of them but I’ve definitely come across their names quite a lot.

I’m a huge fan of complete sentences. Since I teach playwriting mostly, it’s less of an issue within dialogue but I’m a stickler for form and specified intention in general. I guess the thing that really fascinates me about the form that’s being created is its severe lack of editing – which I don’t understand. 140 characters – they’re writing novels in text message form. I know that language and its various creative outlets are constantly changing, and I don’t want to be naive about it… but as I fret about it, I suddenly feel very old, one foot in the century I was born in…

Comment on Holiday Reading by mattiespillow

mattiespillow — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:28:00 +0000

Interesting reflections. I saw the New Yorker article, too, and found it interesting. A bit of a fogey, I belileve in complete sentences and, well, spelling, but I’ve done enough Creative Writing teaching with teens to recognize the excitement of developing a new form like this. I guess it depends on your audience. I couldn’t really tell if the New Yorker article was tongue-in-cheek or not!

As for autobiography, have you read Patricia Hempl or Mary McCarthy’s Memories of a Catholic Girlhood? They address the issues in autobiography–memory, fact, the ability to offend real people who remember things differently.

Good luck with this, and thanks for visiting my blog! Can I list you on my links?

Comment on Sonnet 1 by novelique

novelique — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:28:22 +0000

What a good question: mallomars are one of two candies that i confused as a child – they are these biscuits with a mound of marshmallow and chocolate shell. Mallocups were the real find – much rarer. They were gooey marshmallow and coconut inside a chocolate shell that resembled a reese’s peanut butter cup. I haven’t had either since I was about six and, frankly, I’m kind of skeezed out by marshmallow. But when I was little and everyone around me had a sweet tooth, they were a big deal. I especially associate them with my aunt – about whom I wrote this poem. I wrote this while I was thinking about the Persephone play and having a hard time writing it. I actually found it today when looking through some old drafts and liked it more than I thought I would and decided to finish it. Thanks for reading! I’ll check out your blog.

Comment on Sonnet 1 by mattiespillow

mattiespillow — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:50:56 +0000

Novelique–I’m glad to have found your blog, though I see you didn’t post between April and January. I’ve just started a blog, Mattie’s Pillow, and would also love your feedback.

Is this poem part of your Persephone play? It reads like a conversation between quarreling friends or sisters, but putting it in context of myth works, too. What are mallomars?

I write mostly poetry, these days, and find sonnets challenging and rewarding, though the process of writing in form feels clunky. I started as a short story writer, but the part of fiction that’s like gossip began to feel too uncomfortable to me. I’m working on a series of essays or meditations on the horse.

Mattie’s Pillow is a virtual exploration of a dream of mine–a Jacob’s Pillow of all arts, with horses.

Good luck with the play and poems!

–Cindy

Comment on Sonnet 1 by Out of Orbit

Out of Orbit — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:40:05 +0000

I enjoyed that…