The Thing About Carson McCullers
So I’ve been thinking about Carson McCullers, as I do from
time to time. I’d be interested to take a poll of writers working in the Unite…Read More
White Space
Remember that Bob Seger classic, Against the Wind?
It’s all about youth and “living to run and running to live,” existing in the moment,
n…Read More
NaNoWriMo First Week: Observations
Lots of writers are participating in the National Novel
Writing Month this November (NaNoWriMo for short). It’s the second time I’ve
done it; the…Read More
"As soon as we express something, we devalue it strangely. We believe ourselves to have dived down into the depths of the abyss, and when we once again reach the surface, the drops of water on our pale fingertips no longer resemble the ocean from which they came...Nevertheless, the treasure shimmers in the darkness unchanged." ---Franz Kafka
About Me
Mary Vensel White is the author of Things to See in Arizona, Starling, Bellflower, and The Qualities of Wood. Her writing has appeared in The Madison Review, The Write Launch, Catapult, The Rumpus, Author Magazine, december magazine, and other places. She is an adjunct professor at Concordia University, Irvine, owner/editor at TypeEighteenEditing.com, and owner/publisher at TypeEighteenBooks.com. Currently, she lives in southern California.
That's a beautiful quote. Happy Thanksgiving to you.
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Nice blog Mary! And I LOVE the Cicero quote :)
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