Category Archives: Writing

Here We Go Orlandoing!

We are still reading Orlando, aren’t we? I know I am, and I hope you’re enjoying the journey as much as I am. What a simultaneously entertaining and philosophically engaging novel this is. Here’s an article from Vulture that reminds us why this is such an important novel, especially for the past few years. It’sContinue reading “Here We Go Orlandoing!”

Virginia Woolf: Modernist Master with Anne E. Fernald

Apparently I am not the only one who is ready for more Woolf! This link dropped into my email box today and might be of interest. The Center for Fiction is hosting a series of Woolf readings via Zoom. This list substitutes The Waves for A Room. I can’t blame them but my copy ofContinue reading “Virginia Woolf: Modernist Master with Anne E. Fernald”

Ordinary Mysteries

This is one of my favorite passages in Lighthouse. As a human, this has always been my goal, to pay attention to the ordinary moments of beauty and to elevate them. At the funeral for my husband’s grandmother a few years ago, the minister came around beforehand and asked for memories to share. I wasContinue reading “Ordinary Mysteries”

The Artist and the Audience: Lit Hub

Remember when I wrote a post on Robin Lippincott’s excellent Mr. Dalloway? He’s turned up again in connection with Woolf in this Lit Hub article on the art and the audience, but this time for his   Blue Territory: A Meditation on the Life and Art of Joan Mitchell(Tidal Press). Both his meditation and Woolf’s ToContinue reading “The Artist and the Audience: Lit Hub”

LeslĂ©a Newman’s Must-Read Poem

Hubby and I are honored to be aquainted with the uh-maaay-zing author LeslĂ©a Newman. She’s been on some of our trips abroad as a writing workshop leader, and came to speak in Fort Wayne a couple of years ago. Of course we went to hear her! The author of Heather Has Two Mommies and manyContinue reading “LeslĂ©a Newman’s Must-Read Poem”

Comma, Comma, Comma!

Am I the only one who gets stuck on a simple punctuation mark when reading? I want to understand everything Virginia Woolf writes, even down to her choice of punctuation, but while reading Lighthouse today, I came across a sentence with a comma in a place I would not have chosen. (If you’re reading theContinue reading “Comma, Comma, Comma!”

Charles Tansley Can Kiss My @ss!

Charles Tansley is a douche nozzle. There, I’ve started with the most heinous character in To the Lighthouse. And yet. And yet I pity him. (You might question my use of “douche nozzle.” That’s exactly the casual language that I would use in a classroom if talking about literature and would hope my students wouldContinue reading “Charles Tansley Can Kiss My @ss!”