Of the name Sartoris, Faulkner wrote: "For there is death in the sound of it, and a glamorous fatality, like silver pennons downrushing at sunset, or a dying fall of horns along the road to Roncevaux." Malcolm Cowley used one word to describe that sentence: "overwriting" Really? Overwriting? The poetry of it stunned me (and still does); … Continue reading The virtues of writing that’s boring
Category: Novels
On writing: The cautionary example of Alan Moore
When I think of George R.R. Martin, I can't help thinking of Alan Moore, too. Both have been wildly successful in popular genres (fantasy, graphic novels). Both are old guys. Both don't know how to trim their beards. They're opposite sides of the same coin. Martin writes novels accessible to wide audiences (they couldn't get … Continue reading On writing: The cautionary example of Alan Moore
What is it about the letter M? Three writers’ passings
The literary world has taken a very big hit over the past few weeks. It lost three Ms -- Peter Mathiessen, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and now Alistair MacLeod. It isn't that the writing world expected more from them. Mathiessen and Marquez were both sick and well past their writing primes. MacLeod,who hailed from Canada, brewed … Continue reading What is it about the letter M? Three writers’ passings
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