William Lee Miller @ New Dominion Bookshop Feb. 21

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

On Thursday, February 21 at 5:30 pm William Lee Miller will discuss his new book President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman at New Dominion Bookshop “One of the most insightful accounts of Lincoln published in recent years.” — Publishers Weekly in a starred review. What is the moral duty of a president? Does it [...]

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That’s pretty much how it feels

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Envy, or what it’s like to feel stupid every day of your writing life. At the moment I’m reading a lot of short stories. There are days when I’d sell my … my what? soul? kids? ten years of my life? … my whatever to be able to write one page – no, one sentence [...]

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It’s hard to take (some) writing contests seriously

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Behold the saga of the Willesden Prize. Out of 850 entries, not a single one met the standards of Zadie Smith. Not one story that she could bear to have her august name associated with. Fortunately for contestants, there was no entry fee, which, come to think of it, is probably why they didn’t select [...]

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