posted July 15, 2009 10:28 AM         

2-3 pages of my aphorisms will be published
in the next issue of FragLit!
http://www.fraglit.com/

With any luck (and any justice, lol)
I'll be in the next Anthology:
http://www.fraglit.com/impassio/ipa.htm

Reviews

“We learn in school that literature has a hierarchy: poem, play, novel, essay. All else—diary, journal, aphorism, letters—are secondary, jottings, ephemera. Reading tells us a different story. The engaging and memorable are found everywhere. In books like In Pieces we are ‘49ers panning for gold and finding nuggets.”

—William Corbett, author of Philip Guston’s Late Work: A Memoir

“In Pieces suggests that the smallest scraps of writing can be the most powerful—and how could it be otherwise? In a movie, isn't it the tiniest glimmer in an actor's eye that makes the film? In a book, doesn't a single turn of phrase capture our imaginations forever?

“Within these pages, we discover an unexpectedly wide variety of fragmentary writing: diary entries, aphorisms, notes, micro-essays, autobiographies, fictions. Each allows a slightly different magic to occur, and each sends us on the same quest. We search for the sweetest nuggets.

“For each reader, a different string of words will captivate—some words by their sounds, some by their meaning, some by the story they tell. On different days, a different set of words will cause a burst of insight, a twinge of joy, a gasp. These words are minnows: They swim together, yet (depending on our perspective on any particular day) the silvery body of a different fish will catch our attention with a tiny flickering light just beneath the surface of the lake.

“From this book, we learn to imagine the world ‘in all possible shades of rain.’ We can finally experience ‘a damp richness that verges on decay.’ We can see clearly (and even hear) ‘a lip of light over the long ridge.’ We understand that ‘no sentence wishes entirely to complete itself.’ We come to accept that ‘the end is a place to stop.’

“We realize, finally, that there are no fragments, only wholes. ”

—Geof Huth, visual poet, critic

“In Pieces just arrived and I’m fascinated, charmed, involved in words, moods, and the inner workings of the writers. A wonderful gift for the writer in your life.”

—Lo Caudle, June 2006 Eccentricities newsletter

“For more than thirty years, Olivia Dresher has been sifting through diaries, journals, notebooks, letters, aphorisms, and other literary short forms. Because sometimes less is more.” More...

—Kevin Larimer, Senior Editor, Poets & Writers Magazine

“A fascinating literary anthology designed to elevate the status of writing fragments to their own kind of art form.”

—John Marshall, Seattle PI

“This anthology offers a provocative look at the writing—intentional and accidental, polished and unpolished—of a wide range of contemporary authors. Dresher’s selections invite a more serious theorizing of the fragment as not just an accident to be discarded but its own intriguing form.” More...

—Keya Kraft, ForeWord Magazine

“Short pieces...some as short as a few words. Yet there is depth and wisdom in so many of the entries... A fascinating book.”

—Barbara Fischkin, Author and Journalist

“In Pieces is a fine anthology.... Many a college-level course will find it a specific, useful gathering of a form rarely given its own independent recognition.”

—Diane Donovan, Editor, The Midwest Book Review

“The different sensibilities make the book interesting throughout, and there are many insights that are more readily available than they would be in a formal genre.”

—Richard Krause, author of Studies in Insignificance

“If someone asked me that old question about what book I would wish to have with me should I be marooned on an island and be able to have only one, I’d say In Pieces.”

—Sheila Bender, author of Writing and Publishing Personal Essays and many other books on writing

“This is the most meaningful book to find me in a long time.”

—Jennifer Hill-Kaucher, poet, teacher, editor

posted July 15, 2009 01:49 PM         

I'm so glad I have your support.
I know I'm not always easy to understand,
but your acceptance of me means the world.
You are all lovely, lovely people.

posted July 15, 2009 01:53 PM         

Your jewelry is amazing.

posted July 15, 2009 04:04 PM         

Raymond

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In mythology, Eris ignited discord that led to the Trojan War.

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posted July 15, 2009 10:07 PM         

Thank y'all, so much.

YW, aerial.
I hear you, about time.
What you've accomplished
is already substantial, tho.
I really hope you stick with it.
Can't wait to see Chiron.

"If I ever see you on the street,
I'll be sure to point and yell!"

'Zala,

posted July 16, 2009 12:23 PM         

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