Another brilliant and generous response. Thank you for this comprehensive guide! And for a way out of the unproductive circles. I have slacked on annotation since leaving school 6000 thousand years ago and can’t wait to dive into that again, along with this beautifully curated reading list. I especially appreciated the reminder that a desire to rush can kill one’s art. Many thanks for your invaluable letters to us. They keep me going!
Thank so much for this valuable guide. I’m sure we will be coming back to it regularly and reading, or rereading, the stories you mention.
Just one other comment, “The labyrinth analogy naturally invites the question: who or what is the Minotaur.” Actually the question I had was quite different and you answered it. I wanted to know what happened to the thread that Ariadne gave Theseus. I would consider that to be the different structure models you gave us.
Appreciate these thoughts on structure and this great list of stories, so good. Small correction? Lost in the City's about a woman who gets a call that her mother died and the taxi ride she takes after receiving the news. I love seeing Edward P Jones on this list, there's just no one like him
Another brilliant and generous response. Thank you for this comprehensive guide! And for a way out of the unproductive circles. I have slacked on annotation since leaving school 6000 thousand years ago and can’t wait to dive into that again, along with this beautifully curated reading list. I especially appreciated the reminder that a desire to rush can kill one’s art. Many thanks for your invaluable letters to us. They keep me going!
shivs, so much of good writing is the boring-ass side stuff. at least for me. i aint fucking Harry Potter, no one's chosen.
Thank so much for this valuable guide. I’m sure we will be coming back to it regularly and reading, or rereading, the stories you mention.
Just one other comment, “The labyrinth analogy naturally invites the question: who or what is the Minotaur.” Actually the question I had was quite different and you answered it. I wanted to know what happened to the thread that Ariadne gave Theseus. I would consider that to be the different structure models you gave us.
Thanks and happy holidays!
joy, you are way too kind. thank you!
Appreciate these thoughts on structure and this great list of stories, so good. Small correction? Lost in the City's about a woman who gets a call that her mother died and the taxi ride she takes after receiving the news. I love seeing Edward P Jones on this list, there's just no one like him
Yes!!! I meant THE STORE Thank you so much!
Edward P. Jones is a genius
Can't wait to read these. Thanks for sharing