Author Archives: Susan

NEW MEDIA: Weblog and Twittering

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Susan

Took the Twitter widget off the sidebar here.  Since it’s just another condensed version of what’s happening, it seemed redundant. Besides, a girl needs some privacy. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: A Place in the Arts

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Susan

Tonight I’m putting together a proposal to be presented by a board member to his group as a possible inclusion in a Fine Arts organization.  They have dance, art, and stage covered; this is to add writing to the collection. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Bodies Revealed

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Susan

Our friend Gus and a lady friend went to see this show in Hartford last week and found it incredibly amazing.  I wanted to see this but just haven’t gotten around to make plans for it. Is it science?  Is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: Last but not least

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Susan

Toasters/Pamela Painter: Yet another view of marital relationships, this one is unique in that it shows a set of characters watching another set of characters who we never see except through the eyes of the others.  There is action and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Changing Times

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Susan

No, I don’t believe reality shows are true views into reality, but sometimes they do show flashes of human nature and there are some things that just stand out.  The judge/court shows, i.e., Judge Judy (who uses common sense and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: Almost done…

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Susan

Drawer/Rick Moody: One of my favs on the theme of the breakdown of relationships, this story has a nice was of mimicking reality in the tendency of people using metaphors for the real problems they have with each other.  The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: Next Group

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Susan

Nicaragua/Kirk Nesset: No comment. Parrot Talk/Kit Coyne Irwin: Nice opening, first person pov, placing the odd fact of parrots in the trees of Connecticut.  Very nicely done, the interweaving of a marital relationship suffering the effects of time against the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: More on The Decline of Civilization

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Susan

ABC World News Tonight: Proposal Planners is the newest gimmick to take advantage of our own declining intelligence and growing general wussiness and lack of responsibility.  For anyplace from a couple hundred dollars to fifteen thousand someone will take over … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: ‘Nuther bunch

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Susan

Oliver’s Evolution/John Updike: Nice little story about a neglected child for whom life dishes out nothing but dregs.  He himself causes himself harm but eventually meets a girl in worse shape than he is who looks up to him.  They … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Starts and Stops

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Susan

For whatever it’s worth, I’ve been back in the mode of opening lines, some odd story ideas, creative stuff.  Won’t write them here since I have the course blog and maybe that’s why I’m writing them again; they have a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Chili Sunday

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Susan

I knew I should’ve posted guard beside the kitchen stove.  Someone snuck by when I wasn’t around and added Dave’s Insanity to the chili.  So I serve it up with chopped raw onions, shredded monterey jack, sour cream and tissues … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Magical Realism/Metafiction

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Susan

At night the books discussed themselves, waiting for the man to fall asleep because they really had no use for his opinion.  Tonight they were planning on Nabokov’s Lolita and already grumbling from the top shelf had begun.  Likely Austen … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: More NRR

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Susan

Justice–ABeginning/Grace Paley: Rather introspective of a woman who takes things very seriously.  Not a grand opening, but interesting enough and there is some nice imagery though it doesn’t really go anywhere within the story.  I’m not sure the whole thing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: The Market and The Times

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Susan

Re-reading the article on the short story contest that nobody won, it’s become a statement of the times, and yet a reminder of the writer’s life in every era.  I think the difference is in the sheer number of people … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Class Notes: February 6 revisited

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Susan

Just realized that the majority of my posting on notes taken during this class didn’t get posted!  Was using MarsEdit and did repost to update as I took them but they did get lost in the process. Dang it all.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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