Author Archives: anenewrites

The Writer In The World

Posted on August 2, 2011 by anenewrites

Joan Didion once told an interviewer about being in Las Vegas and watching a woman in a trench coat walk through a casino. Something about the woman, her demeanor, the coat, or the hour caught Didion’s imagination. She said she … Continue reading →

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Closing Borders—And I’m Not Talking Arizona

Posted on July 24, 2011 by anenewrites

I stopped by the two Borders bookstores closest to my home on Friday—the first day of the Borders liquidation sale. I wasn’t shopping for bargains, although it seemed that plenty of people in the long lines at the register were. … Continue reading →

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We Are Stardust…

Posted on July 10, 2011 by anenewrites

I first drove to Iowa City a number of years ago, to attend a week-long fiction workshop at the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival. As I write this, I can nearly capture the “me” of that first visit: excited, nervous, … Continue reading →

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Coming Down From the Mountain

Posted on July 3, 2011 by anenewrites

Why does a writer attend a writers’ conference? It’s a question I asked myself this year when I applied to the Oxford American Summit for Ambitious Writers. The quick and easy answer for me was the Oxford American itself. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Pandora, Dreaming

Posted on June 18, 2011 by anenewrites

Do you dream? In color? Black and white? Do you remember your dreams? Are they pleasant, or harrowing? I’ve sometimes laughed so hard at some event in a dream that I wake my husband and myself. I’ve also catapulted into … Continue reading →

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