Professional athletes operate at the highest levels of competition, where they have to be at least just a little better than those they are playing against day after day. Unlike an athlete, a book is always in competition and in interaction with not just the books of its day but every book that has ever… Continue reading The literary and popular books that influenced my novel The Great Goldbergs…
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Being true to thine own self
There’s a lovely little scene in Hamlet where the pompous, doddering Danish courtier Polonius is sending his beloved son Laertes off to study in Paris. Polonius is not known for his deep insight and yet he offers Laertes some practical and timeless parting wisdom that culminates in the following: “This above all: to thine own… Continue reading Being true to thine own self
Oh the horror! The horror! A literary writer’s appreciation of Stephen King
I came to Stephen King late in life and indirectly: through his non-fiction. Growing up, I had the usual literary reader’s snobbish (and clichéd) attitude to the horrormeister. Literary readers and writers love to hate Stephen King, and I think he loves to be hated. It’s not just part of his image: it’s partly how… Continue reading Oh the horror! The horror! A literary writer’s appreciation of Stephen King
Daniel Goodwin 