Tag: writing
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perspective….
it’s 18 minutes after midnight. the kids are in bed. my adolescent has completed 2.5 days of the new year. my 5th grader has their first day tomorrow. it’s a half day with no aftercare; pick-up is at noon. then my high schooler gets out at 2pm. we have lunch. tomorrow is my last day,…
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The Path to Writing
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…
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That First Novel
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.
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Reading What You Love
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.
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another blessed and glorious day…
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…
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Radio Show | Thrity Umrigar and the Timeless Themes of Her Stories
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