All Blog Posts Tagged 'Howard' (5)

Black Like Me

It was the summer I turned fourteen that I wandered into a dusty book shop in Maroubra.

The shop itself was almost hidden in a small dingy mall. The windows were grimy; a fag hung from the mouth of the shop assistant as she sat on a stool behind the counter.

Her eyes were…

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Added by Jo Bryant on June 22, 2011 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Dispatches from the Road: Book Tour Highlights, an Intro

I held readings in 19 cities in ten states, driving a total of 2,232 miles and flying more than 6,582 miles. I’m currently sitting in my robe at the window of my apartment on a bright afternoon and I refuse to shower, change into acceptable clothes, or open my door, not even to walk a few blocks to replenish much-needed toilet paper. Though I’m proud to have made it through without crashing my mother’s car or falling asleep at the lectern, I can’t raise my head very high when fellow writer… Continue

Added by Michelle Hoover on September 6, 2010 at 10:16am — No Comments

Wednesday Wonder: Theatre's Role

Today's post is a feature on voice and acting coach Patsy Rodenburg. Included is a video of Rodenburg discussing "Why I Do Theatre".

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2010/05/wednesday-wonder-theatres-role.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on May 12, 2010 at 6:55am — No Comments

Tell Me A Story

I’ve been thinking about stories.

There’s a lot of memoir talk flying around right now. Is writing memoir “cheating”? Are memoirs lazy and narcissistic and opportunistic? Are they inherently dishonest due to their reliance on the flawed mechanism of memory? Why do memoirs now seem intentionally deceitful in greater numbers than ever before?

I found Daniel Mendelsohn’s “But Enough About Me” in The New Yorker to be… Continue

Added by Jillian Lauren on January 31, 2010 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

A TEACHER, A DUMB BLONDE, AND AN AUNTIE...

My child returned home from school yesterday informing me that something had happened in class that just seemed wrong to her. She told me how, while she was clarifying her homework assignment with her Language Arts teacher, the teacher responded, “Don’t stand there and give me that dumb blonde look.” All the children in the room stopped their chatter and stared at my daughter, a few of them gasping with disbelief.

I wish a gasp was all that came out of my mouth. Seething and with a… Continue

Added by Victoria Hart on October 16, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments