Anjuelle Floyd

Author: Anjuelle Floyd

  • The Path to Writing

    The Path to Writing

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    Novelist, Thrity Umrigar, whom I recently interviewed, states that she grew up in a middle-class home in Bombay, India that was not necessarily overflowing with books. Her father owned a business and while she encouraged to read and develop proper use of language, stating that she wanted to become a writer would not have been…

  • wow!!!

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    yesterday was not good. i took my adolescent to school for her first day as a high school junior–and we arrived with plenty of time to spare. i then arrived back home to find that I could not log onto my author website. neither could i log into the e-mail addresses connected to my website.…

  • That First Novel

    That First Novel

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    I recently interviewed novelist, Thrity Umrigar. A former journalist for 17 years, Thrity developed the daily discipline of writing and revised and re-wrote large parts of her first novel, Bombay Time, while working as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.

  • Reading What You Love

    Reading What You Love

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    On vacation I read Thrity Umrigar‘s new novel, The Weight of Heaven. Besides being a sensitive and thrilling read that addresses both personal and relevant global issues, I, a writer, learned much from Umrigar who is thoroughly seasoned in this profession.

  • another blessed and glorious day…

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    today was another blessed and glorious day. i spoke with a writer friend of mine. she’s having problems finding work. so many of us are. it’s sad. i hope things will get better. until then i want to focus on helping those i know and encounter in hanging in there surviving–giving them what i’d want…

  • interesting and blessed day…

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    interesting day… i interviewed novelist, Thrity Umrigar, on her latest work, The Weight of Heaven. such a nice person. then i wrote several blogs about her. south asian writers have so influenced me–Jhumpa Lahiri, Lavanya Sankaran, Manil Suri, and of course, Thrity Umrigar.. i wish more black and african americans read their work. we could…

  • Radio Show | Thrity Umrigar and the Timeless Themes of Her Stories

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    Journalist, author, literary critic and writing teacher Thrity Umrigar discusses he timelessness and simplicity of her stories along with her newest release, The Weight of Heaven. So tune in. http://www.umrigar.com/space_between.html The Space Between Us If Today Be Sweet Bombay Time First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood

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