Tag Archives: Edgar Allan Poe
The Short Story According to Joyce Carol Oates and Edgar Allan Poe
I’m teaching a course in “Contemporary American Short Stories” this spring, and, in effort to understand what makes a good short story from the ground up, I’ve been reading quite a lot written by writers who are acknowledged masters of … Read more
Let Them Read Junk
Ras wrote a couple of weeks ago on the vexing question of why so few of our boys read fiction. He cited an article by young-adult novelist Robert Lipsyte, called “Boys and Reading: Is There Any Hope?” Lipsyte says that … Read more
The Book Codger’s Lament
Ras posted a video last week of Samuel, the remarkably expressive 3-year-old who recites Billy Collins’s poem, “Liturgy.” This gave me a cherished opportunity to tease ol’ Rasoir for having forgotten that I posted the same video here last August. … Read more
Haunted by the White Screen!
Tell me, what is the most terrifying color? You know the answer. It’s white. Any writer knows that. It’s the white you see when it’s time to get started. When you’re staring at a white page or a blank white … Read more
And yet, and yet…
Today, from our Department of Unsung Treasures, a poem by Thomas Fleming called “Adam and Lilith.”
Ah, Distinctly I Remember!
Do you remember the first book you ever read on your own? Not with your folks, and not because the teacher assigned it. That first book you chose and went off alone to read . . . it was like … Read more
TED THE CAT
Ted the Cat (1994-present) is a domestic shorthair blogger and vers libre poet. He also enjoys sleeping, eating, and lurking. Ted the Cat co-habits with Kaze,
also a blogger at 317am.net.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kaze
Kaze is Washington DC area writing guru Steve Altman. The nickname is Japanese for “the wind.” Read more »
RasoirJ
Ras at Texas BBQ in DC, site of lunchtime chats with Kaze on the art and agony of writing. Ras is also known in some publishing circles as George Clack. Read more »