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Beyond a Book Review: Gone With the Wind–Reading the Book
Books have a knack for arriving into my life at the right time. Like The Cloister Walk when I needed to be reminded of my silent, sacred writing space and different types of community. A friend delivered A Dog’s Purpose just as I … Continue reading
Beyond a Book Review: The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris
In the weeks since the semester officially ended, I have needed something different to read and absorb. A break from plays and theatre 24/7. A break from just reading books about screenwriting, playwriting, and my craft. As my mentors have … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Reviews
Tagged benedictine monastery, Bible, book, kathleen norris, lectio, literature, monastery, monk, poet, poetry, review, south dakota, Toronto
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Beyond a Book Review: Bel Canto and Arcadia
I spent time this morning finishing one of the novels I’ve been working on for the past few weeks this summer. It’s one of the most rewarding things to do on a day off. One of my favorite memories from … Continue reading
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Tagged ann patchett, arcadia, bel canto, lauren groff, library, literature, reading, reading recommendation, review
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Beyond a Film Review: Life of Pi (2012)
I have a long history with Life of Pi. Still, I never knew that it would come back to be so important to me year after year. Or that it would demonstrate everything I wanted to say about storytelling and narrative … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Film Festival, David Magee, faith, film, Life of Pi, literature, narrative style, review, screenwriting, storytelling, Yann Martel
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Beyond a Film Review: The Great Gatsby (2013)
If you know me in person, you’ll know that I was anticipating the premiere of the Baz Luhrman The Great Gatsby long before this spring, long before the first Christmas release date. For me, it all started when I started showing … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Baz Luhrman, f. scott fitzgerald, film, literature, review, the great gatsby
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Beyond a Book Review: Damage Control by Amber Dermont
There’s no good way to describe how I’ve been feeling these days. It’s been just under two weeks since I graduated from Rice. Two weeks exactly since I moved out of my home there, Martel college. It’s been two weeks on … Continue reading
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Tagged amber dermont, Austin, book review, Canada, creative writing, damage control, graduate school, graduation, Houston, literature, Rice University, short story, Texas, transition
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I went, I saw, I read
Originally posted September 8, 2011. And in case anyone was wondering, even while I was seeing all the sites of Europe, I made time for a lot of reading. Thanks to the Kindle I still had the lightest luggage, too! Anyways, here’s … Continue reading
A Reason to Begin
My original blog post from June 17, 2011. I wanted to start this blog in order to keep in touch with everyone next semester when I’m at Hertford College, Oxford University to study Victorian Literature. It’s an English major’s dream come … Continue reading
Posted in Austin ~ Austen
Tagged Jane Austen, literature, Oxford, puns, Victorian Literature
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A Reason to Begin Again
Almost a year ago, I decided to embark on my first blog. I had watched many of my friends go abroad and after following their adventures, I knew I had to add my own blogging updates to the Internet while … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings
Tagged Austen, literature, martel college, somewhere i have never travelled, writing
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