Tag: Iceland Writers Retreat

Ironically, there is no collective noun for writers. According to Google, James Lipton has suggested “a worship of writers.” Although Lipton is an expert on...

Tomorrow I leave for Iceland! While I’m there, I plan to focus on the Iceland Writers Retreat workshops, but I have posts – mostly book...

Joseph Boyden says in Through Black Spruce Fucking stories. Twisted things that come out no matter how we want them. Regular readers of this blog know...

In preparation for Iceland Writers Retreat, I am reading books by each of the featured authors. It feels a little weird to review authors who...

Crows and squirrels. Beggar’s Feast is crowded with these urban vermin, potent symbols whose meaning I could never quite make out, just as I could...