The work of a writer is sweeping, mopping, dusting under trinkets, working with windex. Why did Pablo Neruda write that he never made a broom? He made into a broom himself.
A delightful interview with Philip Roth. How old he is. 77. His new book Nemesis, about polio sweeping the schoolyards. The bio-terrorism of the 30's (?), working the magic of fear into every mind. What might mass media have done with polio? There is no great film centered on the polio plot is there? Who might...
Chewing on an idea for a book... maybe I will notecard this spring and summer... it's building a beloved little nest in my brain.
From the drafts folder
6 years ago
Protect the eggs! That are in the nest. I will clean out my hairbrush on your front porch, to assist.
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