Archive for the ‘Essayists’ Category
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
I was sad to have to miss the first Welcome Table Press Symposium on the Essay. But the next one is coming in October. From their site:
Join us at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus on Saturday, October 15, 2011, for our next symposium, “In Praise of the Essay: Practice & Form.” Our honoree is Phillip Lopate. Speakers include Robin Hemley, Barbara Hurd, Helen Benedict, Joshua Wolf Shenk, and Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr (creators of Idiots’ Books).
More information and registration forms available at the Welcome Table web site.
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Monday, May 9th, 2011
Thanks to Theresa Kishkan for the link to this article from The Guardian about a new UK press dedicated to the essay. The press is called Notting Hill Editions, and so far, it looks as if they will republish classics of the genre, with forewords by noted contemporary authors. As is usual with this type of book, sometimes what interests most of all is the pairing. What will Margaret Drabble have to say about Georges Perec? What might Christopher Ricks say about Regency raconteur Samuel Rogers’ Table Talk? The introductory essays promise to bring new perspective on the older works and make them fresh for a new generation.
If you visit the Notting Hill web site, you can read Lucasta Miller’s defence of the essay in full.
The site also includes an excellent library of classic essays.
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Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Here’s a great piece in the Guardian Books blog. Thank you, Lucasta Miller. Thank you, Montaigne.
Speaking of which, check out the March 13 edition of Writers and Company, where Eleanor Wachtel interviews Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live, the first full biography of Montaigne in English in almost fifty years.
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Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Gets a glowing review in the Globe and Mail today.
In addition to being gardener and essayist extraordinaire, Merilyn is Artistic Director of the Kingston WritersFest, where I serve as a volunteer web editor. Stayed tuned for the introduction of our 2011 lineup in early May.
Stayed tuned also for an interview here with Merilyn.
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Monday, March 28th, 2011
Thanks to Shawna Lemay for the link to this article, “Literary Haunts,” in The Independent, written by Woolf’s great-niece, Emma Woolf:
“In the end, perhaps it’s best to let the writer’s words speak for them. A century after she went “street-haunting” in London, you can still find Virginia out there. If I choose, I can put down my pen right now and walk to the Cock Tavern on Fleet Street. As newlyweds in 1912, Leonard and Virginia rented rooms at nearby Clifford’s Inn and took their daily meals at the Cock Tavern. The ideal place, then, for a 70th anniversary toast to Virginia Woolf.”
My essay, “Library Haunting,” is an homage of sorts to Woolf’s “Street Haunting.”
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