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Place and Displace Part II

Posted on December 8, 2012 by jdmathes

What is it to write from displacement?  Literature is rich with the diaspora of peoples who have spread out of ancestral lands, but what if  you had no ancestral land to be displaced from? What if you are diaspora of one?

Posted in The things we talk about... Tagged Creative Writing, diaspora, Jack Kerouac, Literature, On the Road, setting, Transition, Writing craft Leave a Comment on Place and Displace Part II

Place and Displace

Posted on December 1, 2012 by jdmathes

During my weekend in NYC, I was anointed an honorary New Yorker.  Cool for me as I love the city and now when I return I can say, “Yep, I’m heading home.”  I kept thinking of belonging

Posted in The things we talk about... Tagged E. Annie Proulx, Hemingway, Homer, Iliad, Mary Clearman Blew, narrative, Place, Poetry, Richard Hugo, setting, Thomas Wolfe, time, Troy, W.H. Auden, Writing craft Leave a Comment on Place and Displace

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