by Elizabeth | Oct 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
English was not their first language, it was clear. They stood on the sidewalk outside Davies Symphony Hall and peering at a guidebook, rotating it so that the orientation of the map matched the way they were facing. “MacAllister Street?” the man asked, and I told...
by Elizabeth | Oct 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Yesterday was my birthday. To celebrate, I spent Sunday in San Francisco at LitQuake, attending three panels on the art of memoir, short story and the novel,...
by Elizabeth | Oct 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.” – Angela Carter Reading for Writers: Reading sustains us. Doesn’t it?...
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