8 November 11 Words to astound

The Irish writer John Banville has a vocabulary so large it’s almost a character in his work.

26 October 2011 The editor rests. . . .

Sal Glynn — The Dog Walked Down The Street — Cynthia Flood admires this

17 October 2011 A definition of a story

The story as a container for knowledge, belief, imagination — that I can understand.

17 March 2011 Flaubert

Flaubert compares prose to combed hair — but mine is raked.