This is absolutely the best article I’ve read for a while on contemporary issues in writing – the way it’s talked about, taught, and so on: ‘A Writing Career Becomes Harder to Scale’, by Dani Shapiro. Shapiro says: ‘the decisive factor is what I call endurability: that is, the ability to deal effectively with uncertainty, … Continue reading Soul-scorching voyage (bring it on!)
Albert Camus
Adventures of the badge with the face of Albert Camus #1
Shop assistant: Who's that? Me: Albert Camus. SA: Who? Me: He's a philosopher. SA: What? Me: A philosopher. *shop assistant stares blankly* Me: He's a writer. SA: Oh. Does he write poetry? Me: No. SA: What does he write? Me: Philosophy, fiction. *very long pause* SA: Ha,ha, I'm such an airhead!
A Very Short Introduction to the Absurd, My Absurd Moment, and Lester Burnham as Absurd Hero…
Albert Camus The Myth of Sisyphus was one of those books I attacked with dog-ears and pen marks. Whole pages are underlined in my well-thumbed copy, which I revisited when writing my novel manuscript Smoke & Dancing, and recently for my thesis. I think about my own steps to lucidity, when I acknowledged life’s inherent … Continue reading A Very Short Introduction to the Absurd, My Absurd Moment, and Lester Burnham as Absurd Hero…
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