Posts Tagged ‘reflections’
Tune Into Detail
In the pre-spring lull, bright again now in New York, the snow piles have melted from the curbs and the park across the street seems right out of the books of Narnia, I think about contradictions, and about detail. OLP’s February/March interviewee Salvatore Scibona in his award-winning novel The End transports us back to a Cleveland summer in August 1953 when the sticky heat hangs about the shoulders of the crowd and music wraps the Feast of the Assumption parade-goers in late summer’s enveloping mirth. “Behind the clergy came the Virgin, smirking, her porcelain skin dark like an Arab’s, …
Loving the Questions
Posted: January 11, 2010
Tags: technology, writer's notebook, Gene Fowler, Rainer Maria Rilke, reflections
As 2010 begins and a new decade stretches before us many of us will articulate goals for the new year — exercise thirty minutes a day, eat more vegetables, meet our best friends for drinks every other week. And for many of us, nestled between these goals will be a quiet, albeit fierce resolution to deepen our commitment to our craft. We’ve read Gene Fowler’s remark: “Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.” We know that the act of creation takes time and attention. …
A Friendly Update
As Open Loop Press celebrates the publication of its ninth edition, an in-depth interview with poet Karla Kelsey, we are looking toward the future. We’ve come a long way from our launch in September — Jamie O’Neill has discussed his novel-in-progress, a sequel to At Swim, Two Boys, Dedra Johnson has told us about the importance of character, and we’ve asked Ryan Murphy what makes a successful poem. Now we’re on the brink of a change. Over the next few months we’ll supplement our in-depth interviews with shorter posts, video finds, and archival material, creating a new kind of …
