March 2018 – Commonplace Book Blog

How To Write with Brevity

Mastering — or at least practicing — the art of writing briefly

How we read books differently if we borrow rather than own them ourselves

Essay on essays on the essay

Re-reading and interpreting anew a Künstlerroman in L.M. Montgomery’s Emily series

A review about an ordinary guy driving a bus and a book battle at the local library

What do your likes and dislikes reveal about you?

Discerning among the myriad of options

How we remember through physical objects and recurring events

How the stage play intersects the craft of creative nonfiction