I think the rats really are getting bigger.
The only time/way it seems to work is as a means of occupying my hands for the awkward hour when the music is slow or no one is talking.
how I look in a mirror, the way I move, finish stories or remember facts.
how I look in a mirror, the way I move, finish stories or remember facts.
Sarah Castronovo
J. Penry
I was working on a revision of an essay about the first time I didn't remember how I got somewhere. What it's like to be 16 and wake up in a place you've never been before and don't recognize.
It's an old story and I have hardly any more perspective now.
I don't know how I feel about writing guides or styles of how-tos, but back in New York, I am reading The Best Creative Nonfiction, vol 1. After that I want to finish Lopate's 'Art of the Personal Essay' in its entirety. Maybe after I finish up those anthologies I can figure out what it is I liked about this essay before I started writing it. I like the disjunction in the things I say. I just want to write for disaffected teenagers that read books and know how to drive fast.
I don't know how I feel about writing guides or styles of how-tos, but back in New York, I am reading The Best Creative Nonfiction, vol 1. After that I want to finish Lopate's 'Art of the Personal Essay' in its entirety. Maybe after I finish up those anthologies I can figure out what it is I liked about this essay before I started writing it. I like the disjunction in the things I say. I just want to write for disaffected teenagers that read books and know how to drive fast.
