Daily Archives: January 6, 2009
January 6, 2009
At the MLA, I meet a man who’s just delivered a paper on my first novel. We met 30 minutes after he finished. I didn’t attend because I didn’t want him to be nervous, and later was told he was … Continue reading
Filed under author's own, books, Koreanish
Honoré de Balzac Used Coffee to Write La Comédie Humaine and That’s Good Enough For Me
Scene: My office, yesterday afternoon. I’m making tea for my friend and collaborator Teddy after a short lunch at Veracruzana. Teddy [looking out window]: Uh oh. Someone spelled “CRYSTAL” out there on the soccer field. Amherst! Me: I guess it’s … Continue reading
Filed under dialogues
