“Why hadn’t I known long before reading Stein–was I such a dunce?–that the art was in the music–it was Joyce’s music, it was James’s music, it was Faulkner’s music; without the music, words fell to earth in prosy pieces; without the music, there was only comprehension, and comprehension may have been analysis, may have been [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Faulkner’
For Your Consideration IV – Gass/Stein/Music
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A Temple of Texts, Faulkner, Gertrude Stein, Henry James, Joyce, Three Lives, William H. Gass on May 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Guest Post – Ethel Rohan – What Does Writing Mean to You?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Conrad, Dostoevsky, Faulkner, Genet, Noah Lukeman, Thomas Mann on January 14, 2010 | 15 Comments »
An excerpt from the epilogue to Noah Lukeman’s THE FIRST FIVE PAGES: The answer, ultimately, to getting published is how much it means in your life. Does it take number-one priority? Some people give over their entire lives to writing. They give up their jobs; they write twelve hours a day; they apply for every [...]