"In the epic struggle of my writing life, I have inhabited that moment of pure intent where one word comes after the next in the dance of execution that requires an empty mind and absolute receptivity." Exquisite as always. Sage Cohen is launching Fierce on The Page at Powell's City of Books 8/17.
I've made several runs at To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, and A Room of One's Own but cannot get latched on to Virginia Woolf. I even primed myself for this last attempt by chewing on some delicious Edith Wharton first. Still no go. I'm going to leave my sacrilegious comment here and let it go.
I ran into this in the library with no previous knowledge of Steve Almond. He writes smart and punchy, with excellent rhythm. The book opens with a riotous series of goof letters to Oprah, followed by fifty-odd pages of Vonnegut adoration and writerly introspection. I love it; also my dog.
pickIf you can't get excited about hyphen placement, don't bother. For the rest of us, yippee!
Behind the scenes of copy-editing at The New Yorker. History and usage battles abound. Allan Fallow of The Washington Post blurbed it as porn for word nerds. He's right.
