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A Writing Life, or Mary and the Chimeras
I. Anyone want to tell us what Danse Russe means in English? !Russian dance! Someone else. . . But, I just said it: Russian dance. . . . Someone, anyone? But I already said it, H.K.! He already said it!! the chorus of co- eds chanted in unison They never answer. They… Read more
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A Way of Fiction
Until last year, I had never had the courage to attempt writing stories; the form, the economy of the short story scared me off. Then at age 35 I said, Here goes nothing. I had thought that I could write a novel before I knew that I could write a story—a sprawling thing with no… Read more
Bluer than Blue and Rounder than Round 