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Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
-Albert Einstein
Photo by Bill Whyman My essay, Angst Lurks Behind the Lawn Mower was broadcast Sept 23 on NPR's All Things Considered. You can listen to it here. Friday, September 26, 5-6:30pm: Baltimore Book Festival, Creative Cafe I'll be reading along with other MSAC fiction grant winners. When I have names, I'll post them here.
Sunday, October 12, 2pm Delmarva Review Reading The Writer's Center, Bethesda, MD I'll be reading along with Barbara Esstman, Sean Enright, and Martin Galvin, in honor of the first issue of the Delmarva Review. See the links for more info about these authors and their books.
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett (stories) Up for Renewal by Cathy Alter (memoir) Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford None to Accompany Me by Nadine Gordimer The Irresponsible Self: On Laughter and the Novel by James Wood(essays) Don't Make a Scene by Valerie Block The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue Desperate Characters by Paula Fox
*All the books I mention are books I recommend. I won't list a book in either category if I don't like it, because in that case I won't read past chapter one. Life's short.
What's Missing? Readers of David Lodge might be familiar with a game called "Humiliation." The winner is the one with the most embarrassing gap in his or her reading history. (In Lodge's book, a character wins by admitting he hasn't read Hamlet). See the blog archive for more.
For Breadheads: As promised... Candid shots from my baking day with Chef Mark Furstenberg. From left, Chef Mark Furstenberg does the dishes, and photographer Len Spoden gets his picture taken for a change. Chef Mark Furstenberg defeats frozen butter by beating it senseless with a rolling pin. Why didn't I think of that? Photographer Len Spoden gets an angle on the flour; David Hagedorn and Chef Furstenberg clean up. Notes about the site: I have a blog, where I'll post regularly (sort of) about current events, car pools, writing, baking, and whatever else strikes my fancy. New posts about curious events in 1980 will continue to appear in the
Paula Whyman was awarded the 2006 Washington Writing Prize in Short Fiction by the Washington Independent Writers (WIW). The winning story appeared in The Hudson Review and has been selected for inclusion in that journal's 60th anniversary anthology, Writes of Passage: Coming of Age Stories and Memoirs from The Hudson Review (Spring 2008, Ivan R. Dee). Her short fiction is also forthcoming in Gravity Dancers, an anthology of fiction by Washington area women, edited by Richard Peabody. Ms. Whyman is the recipient of a 2008 Individual Artist Award from the MD State Arts Council (MSAC). In the fall, she was awarded a fellowship to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), where she worked on her novel, THE PEOPLE YOU MEET. Ms. Whyman's family has lived in the Washington, DC, area for more than 80 years. She currently lives in Maryland with her husband and two children. See the Bio page for more. Why bake? No one rejects my work. There's an endpoint in sight, and everyone goes away happy. It's cathartic; I get to slap some dough around, and no one gets hurt. It prevents "page rage" (do I need to explain that?). For more of my thoughts on baking and writing, see my guest blog on Madam Mayo's fabulous site.
My Russian grandma would be impressed. (Actually, she'd say, "Eat! Why don't you eat? Why doesn't she eat?")
Not bad for a beginner My Favorite Cookbooks The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion The New Best Recipe From Cook's Illustrated The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart Foodie Links Curious about Ozzy vs. Ronnie, Richard Pryor, the price of gas, Walter Cronkite, or "America Held Hostage"? Me, too. More to come... |
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