Posted by: Kirsten Imani Kasai on: May 22, 2012
After nearly two years of “vacation,” I’m ready to get back to work on “Asta Requited”) the third and final novel in what I’ve unofficially dubbed The Raven Scribe series (book 1 Ice Song, book 2 Tattoo). It’s as if I’ve been traveling in a distant land on a mission or Peace Corps assignment, and am now [...]
Posted by: Kirsten Imani Kasai on: October 19, 2011
Some things are extruded, rather than composed. I suppose blog posts should be more thoughtful, but this is all I can manage these days, friends,—to sweep my thoughts into a pile and push them under your rug. Fiction is my refuge my flight/wings/home —a paper wasp nest bound up about me— tucked under bridge joints/rumbling [...]
Posted by: claireflaire on: October 4, 2011
I’m a journalist by trade. Alongside grammar spelling, punctuation, my J-school professors spent hours instilling proper writing styles and guidelines. There was a style and/or a guideline for everything from titles and temperatures to numerals and nobility. If in doubt – no problem – just flip a couple of pages in the AP Stylebook and [...]
Posted by: Kirsten Imani Kasai on: September 17, 2011
This morning I finished reading Ann Patchett’s novel Truth and Beauty, a memoir about her friendship with Lucy Grealy. It’s a lovely, tragic story and I would have “closed” the book on my e-reader and enjoyed its lingering aftertaste much more had I not felt so uncomfortable. Dare I say, dirty? How could she do it? I [...]
Posted by: pageadaywriters on: February 15, 2010
“My fiction is 82% nonfiction,” says Pam Houston, novelist, essayist and award-winning short story writer. And I’ve heard her say she thinks all fiction is 80% nonfiction AND nonfiction is 80% fiction. Clearly for Houston the line between fiction and nonfiction, such as memoirs and essays, is blurred, if nonexistent. I’m writing a memoir, [...]