Tag Archives: writing

Lessons from John Gardner

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

Last week when I was at the Baltimore Book Festival browsing through the titles at Daedelus Books’ tent, I came across new copy of an old favorite book about writing, John Gardner’s The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for … Continue reading →

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Doomed Couples

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

In 1960, Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus won the National Book Award.  The title story of the collection is a novella that tells of the doomed romance between Neil Klugman, a recent class college graduate who works in a library and … Continue reading →

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Sense Memory and a Boy Scout Camp

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

I have always been envious of writers who are able to effectively render the natural world.  I grew up in the city so in some sense, nature is a foreign land to me.  It is, however, a foreign land in … Continue reading →

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Words of Love

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

Does this work for you: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou are more lovely and more temperateRough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date: How about this: How do … Continue reading →

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Orphans

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

“One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you’ve now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You’re next. Another thing about parental mortality: No matter how much you’ve prepared for the moment, … Continue reading →

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