tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82517971711115034782024-02-19T02:27:59.824-08:00An Ex-expatriate's Musings on Writing, Teaching, and TravelSybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.comBlogger417125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-71900487262689668972014-10-18T14:38:00.000-07:002014-10-18T16:22:56.718-07:00September Reading (more or less)<br />
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Eula Biss Notes from No Man's Land<br />
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Lily King Euphoria<br />
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost<br />
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Pulphead John Jeremiah Sullivan<br />
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Quiet Susan Cain</div>
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Bright Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Ruining American by Barbara Ehrenreich</div>
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<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-67737244325147497832014-09-06T10:20:00.004-07:002014-09-27T05:54:52.055-07:00August readingMy Struggle (Book 2) Karl Ove Knausgaard (read this in July but forgot to list it)<br />
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Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan<br />
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Bad Feminist Roxane Gay<br />
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The Empathy Exams Leslie Jamison<br />
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Let The Great World Spin Colum McCann<br />
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The Postmortal Drew Magary<br />
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Wreaking James Scudamore<br />
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52 Blue Leslie JamisonSybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-51295604715411449262014-08-13T15:27:00.000-07:002014-08-13T15:27:02.851-07:00July ReadingRead lots of short stories and articles in journals and magazines, but only two books:<br />
Redeployment by Phil Klay<br />
What is the What by Dave EggersSybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-82132247395913431242014-08-13T15:25:00.001-07:002014-08-13T15:25:05.744-07:00Great article about the history of ItaewonI cover some of this in Into This World, but this article is more comprehensive:<br />
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http://groovekorea.com/article/itaewon-freedomSybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-63299456777009806382014-07-02T06:07:00.000-07:002014-07-02T06:07:10.669-07:00June readingI'm reading a lot of books by guys--right now finishing Egger's What is the What and Sebald's Austerlitz. After that it's back to Shlovsky & Russian formalism and Little, Big for my book club. In August, however, my planned reading list (Carol Maso's Ava, Bluetes, Middlemarch, Elena Ferrante, and more Lispecter) will focus on women writers.<br />
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June:<br />
My Struggle Part II by Karl Ove Kausgaard<br />
The Love Song of Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne<br />
Kapitoil by Teddy Wayne<br />
God Forsaken Idaho by Shawn Vestal<br />
<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-4053644923969063302014-06-16T10:46:00.003-07:002014-06-16T10:46:50.987-07:00Workshop class at Yale Writer's ConferenceSuch a great group of writers!<br />
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Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-60397057384546417122014-06-14T06:22:00.000-07:002014-06-14T06:22:14.880-07:00May ReadingMay<br />
A Tale For The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki<br />
The Easter Parade by Richard Yates<br />
My Struggle (Book 1) by Karl Ove KnausgaardSybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-67889537574670980872014-06-14T06:10:00.003-07:002014-06-14T06:10:43.234-07:00Yale Writer's ConferenceWith Lisa Page and Xu Xi<br />
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<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-24051547454255516252014-06-12T06:34:00.001-07:002014-06-12T06:34:06.918-07:00Readers at Yale Writer's Conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-9063431296820510292014-05-03T10:57:00.000-07:002014-05-03T11:00:18.859-07:00April ReadingApril Reading:<br />
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The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldmen<br />
Life After Life by Jill McCorkle<br />
The Storied South: Voices of Writers and Artists by William Ferris<br />
Beloved by Toni Morrison<br />
Selected Stories Alice Munro<br />
After by Kristin Waterfield Duisberg<br />
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<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-7978356717299026212014-04-22T16:42:00.000-07:002014-04-22T16:42:01.134-07:00Books Read for February and March<br />
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<i>Pride and Prejudice </i>Jane Austen<br />
<i>Jane Eyre </i>Bronte<br />
<i>Wide Sargasso Sea </i>Jean Rhys<br />
<i>Selected Essays </i>Montaigne<br />
<i>Poems of Emily Dickinson</i><br />
<i>Out of Place</i> by Richard Jackson<br />
<i>Autobiography of a Face</i>--Lucy Grealy<br />
<i>Chekhov: Selected Stories</i><br />
<i>Alice Munro: Selected Stories</i><br />
<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-9806810707751491462014-02-14T06:28:00.003-08:002014-04-22T16:42:27.697-07:00Books Read for Dec 2013/January 2014I see I haven't read any short story collections or nonfiction recently (only individual pieces in magazines or online)--I need to remedy that. i. Books read (or re-read) for December 2013/January 2014<br />
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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt<br />
The Dinner by Herman Koch<br />
Tehano by Allen Wier<br />
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector<br />
The Scene Book by Sandra Scofield<br />
Twilight by William Gay<br />
Paradise Lost by John Milton<br />
King Lear by Shakespeare<br />
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley<br />
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley<br />
<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-86432241231053910382013-12-01T13:57:00.001-08:002013-12-01T13:57:26.965-08:00Novel Preview: Cup and Saucer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-63132567456455314402013-11-18T02:38:00.001-08:002013-11-18T02:38:15.719-08:00Some potential photos for my novel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-13540735816158304192013-06-28T02:39:00.001-07:002013-06-28T02:39:44.481-07:00Reading at Seoul Selection Saturday at 2pmWe have really enjoyed this past week in Seoul--even more so than in 2010. There's always something to do here, and we have been doing a greatest hits tour--saunas, Korean food, walks, drinks. Today I was in Ilsan, one of the areas that I write about in INTO THIS WORLD.<br />
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Speaking of, I'll be giving a brief reading and talk and signing books tomorrow June 29 at 2pm at Seoul Selection, located near Gyunbok Palace.<br />
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Here's a link to the event as posted in Groove Korea:<br />
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<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-41140593138122048042013-06-17T14:26:00.002-07:002013-06-17T14:26:58.498-07:00Reading at Yale Bookstore for the Yale Writer's ConferenceA great crowd last week at the Yale Bookstore reading with other resident faculty Sergio Troncoso and Nahid Rachlin. Sold out of <i>Into This World </i>after the reading!<br />
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<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-50579894246022787972013-06-02T11:42:00.000-07:002013-06-02T11:42:57.120-07:00A Conversation with Cathy HoltonI read Cathy Holton's first two novels (the Kudzu Debutantes) before I heard her speak at a Chattanooga Writers' Guild meeting years ago. I loved her stories and her humor and invited her to come to my novel writing class to speak to them about what it takes to be a writer (hint--lots of unpublished manuscripts in boxes under the bed). After that class we went to Lamars for a few drinks and a friendship formed.<div>
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Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-75565217488529482152013-05-22T12:41:00.002-07:002013-05-22T12:41:30.878-07:00UpdatesThere is much going on here, and I hope to update even more soon.<br />
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First, I just found out that my interview with Mike Miller at WUTC about <i>Into This World</i> will be rebroadcast tomorrow for their Round and About show. Check it out either online on or on your radio-88.1<br />
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I also recently found out ITW received an Honorable Mention for the Eric Hoffer Award in the General Fiction category. Here is the review that goes with it:<br />
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In a few weeks I'll be in New Haven, returning as a workshop leader for the Yale Summer Writers' Conference. If it was anything like last year, I'm in for a treat. The faculty and students are talented and fun to hang out with.<br />
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After that Rowan and I fly to Seoul, where we'll spend a week before flying to somewhere in SE Asia, locale still TBD. It's been more than 10 years since I've been to Thailand and even more since I was in Indonesia. It hardly seems that long ago. I'm curious to see what has changed and what has not in that time. Then we're on to the Hong Kong where I'll be part of the faculty for the low residency MFA summer session:<br />
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And during that time I'll be working on revising Replay, the novel supported by a MakeWork Grant. When I get back in late July, I will be in full-on photo-taking mode--gathering photos that I might want to use in the novel.<br />
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A few other projects in the works, writing and non-writing related. More on those soon!Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-89251728122687914422013-03-06T13:27:00.000-08:002013-03-06T13:27:00.456-08:00Where I Write<br />
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Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-42389674394872143892013-02-19T18:11:00.001-08:002013-02-19T18:11:42.565-08:00The Next Big Thing: Questions and answers about my Work in Progres
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">Some of you may already know about
the The Next Big Thing. The idea is to interview yourself about your current or
next book, mention the person who tagged you, and tag up to five more friends.
I’m grateful to Garry Powell author of the wonderful <i>Stoning The Devil</i> for tagging me. His blog post which is at </span><a href="file:///%20http/::garrycraigpowell.com:wordpress:%3Fp=398%20"> <span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">http://garrycraigpowell.com/wordpress/?p=398
</span></a><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"> is already up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">What is your working title of your book (or
story)?</span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">The working title of my work in
progress is <i>Replay</i>, although I don’t
know if that will be the “real” title once it’s done.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">Where did the idea come from for the book?</span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">My last novel <i>Into This World, </i>was about sisters and family secrets. I don’t have
any sisters, so maybe that’s why I’m fascinated by them, and wanted to write
about them more. I knew I wanted to write about sisters and set the novel in
Chattanooga (where I live), but after I read Chekhov’s play <i>Three Sisters</i>, I was inspired to use
that structure as the framework.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">What genre does your book fall under?</span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">Literary fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">Which actors would you choose to play your
characters in a movie rendition?</span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">I honestly don’t know, I don’t
think about those things. Is that something a lot of writers do? I do remember
some readers suggesting actors for my first novel, <i>The Life Plan</i>, which, as a comic and very straightforward
plot-driven novel, would lend itself more to a commercial film I guess. I can’t
even remember who they suggested for that novel, and that’s been the last I’ve
thought of it regarding my books. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Three sisters, haunted
by their parents’ deaths, must come to terms with what they’ve given up to
pursue their dreams, which ultimately disappoint them.</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">Will your book be
self-published or represented by an agency?</span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I hope that someone will publish the book (I don’t plan on
self-publishing). I will probably try to get an agent this time (I didn’t try very
hard in the past). Right now I’m just focusing on writing a good novel.</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">How long did it take you to write the first
draft of your manuscript?</span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I started seriously
working on this novel right before <i>Into
This World</i> was published in May 2012. I’ve worked on it off and on this
year, taking time off to write some short stories. I plan on completing the
first draft by the end of April and have a second draft completed by the end of
summer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">What other books would you compare this story to
within your genre?</span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">That’s a great
question, and one I’m unprepared to answer. Besides <i>Three Sisters</i> (which is a play), Jane Austen’s <i>Persuasion</i> has also influenced the plot. I’m integrating
photography and music into the work, and WG Sebald has been a big inspiration
for how I’d like to use photography in this book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">Who or what inspired
you to write this book?</span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">Besides the literary inspirations
mentioned above, Chattanooga was an inspiration. My other work almost deals
exclusively with the allure and alienation of living abroad (especially in
Asia). In <i>Into This World</i>, I did
research to accurately write about South Korea during the late 1970s. I’m
fascinated by Chattanooga’s history as a way to write about the legacy of the
South. The Trail of Tears started at Chattanooga, a lot of Civil War battles
were fought here, and we had the first Coca-Cola bottling plant. I also love
this city, and want to share it with others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">What else about your book might pique the
reader’s interest?</span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The novel will take place from 1999, an age of comparative American
innocence, and will end in 2011, when tornados devastated the area. More
importantly, I received a MakeWork arts grant, which has enabled me to pursue
the multi-media aspects of the novel by learning photography and researching the
local Americana music scene. I believe the novel would work well as a hypertext
and I’m hoping the print edition will include a CD of local Americana music as
well as photography, old and new.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">The readers I have tagged who
will be blogging next week are<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">Chad Prevost at <a href="http://chadprevost.com/">http://chadprevost.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;"><br />
Victoria Barrett at <a href="http://theprettybird.wordpress.com/">http://theprettybird.wordpress.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino;">Adnan Mahmutovic at <a href="http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com/">http://undermidnightsun.wordpress.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-38603257697351459942013-01-28T16:12:00.001-08:002013-01-28T16:13:03.981-08:00Travel and Writing Talk Tuesday Jan 29 UC Raccoon Mt. RoomFor those in Chattanooga, I'll be giving a talk on how travel influenced my writing and the research process for Into This World. I'll also talk about my current project and the MakeWork grant that is enabling to research incorporating photography and music in the novel.<br />
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Here's the press release:<br />
<br />
http://blog.lib.utc.edu/lines/2013/01/library-lecture-features-author-sybil-baker/<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Join us Tuesday, January 29, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Raccoon Mountain Room of the UTC University Center for a lecture by author </span><a href="http://sybilbaker.com/home.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #0086ff; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sybil Baker</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">. Baker is a UC Foundation Assistant Professor in the UTC Department of English and author of three books of fiction with </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">The Life Plan</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (2009), </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Talismans</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">(2010), and </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Into This World</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (2012) as well as </span><a href="http://sybilbaker.com/publications.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #0086ff; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">all kinds</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> of other fiction and non-fiction. Baker will speak about research for her latest book and offer her perspective on living abroad and writing about other cultures. Copies of her work will be available for purchase following the lecture. This event is free, open to the public, and refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there!</span><br />
<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-8897353791764602342013-01-10T11:56:00.005-08:002013-01-10T11:56:59.111-08:00Thanks to Winder Binder & The Pulse2013 is starting off pretty well. I've been learning more about photography and clarifying how I want to use it in the novel. WG Sebald uses photographs in his work in such complicated and effective ways & I hope to bring at least a small part of that to my novel. The weather has not been great for picture taking, but I plan to start at it when things clear up.<br />
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In other news, my novel was the best-selling book at our local bookstore for 2012. There are so many folks in Chattanooga who are working hard to support a local writing scene--I mentioned them in my last post. But for this, a special thanks to David Smotherman at Winder Binder Gallery and Bookstore for opening his doors to all local writers and to Rich Bailey, who has been covering the arts here for The Pulse and helping to increase the visibility of Chattanooga's thriving arts scene. Here's the article on the local bestseller list:<br />
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http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/articles/nooga-times-book-review:-winder-binder-gallery-&-bookstore-ranks-local-bestsellers-for-2012/<br />
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And finally, for those who might be interested in hearing me read the opening to Into This World, The Next Best Book blog featured me for its audio series. You can listen to the reading here:<br />
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http://thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-audio-series-sybil-baker.html<br />
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<br />Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722715499477527311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251797171111503478.post-15968516567063655392013-01-01T08:54:00.000-08:002013-01-01T08:57:10.474-08:00Reading and Writing in 2012: A Year in Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">On this first
day of 2013, I hope we’ll all remember and support the presses, journals, websites,
reading series, and events that contribute to such a lively literary culture here in the US and beyond.
Even as (or because?) the publishing world continues to change, I believe that
we are in a golden age of literature in all its forms. So many wonderful pieces to read--so little time!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thank so many people for supporting my work and literature in general in 2012.
I hope 2013 will be another great year for all of us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Prime Number:
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<a href="http://sybilbaker.com/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #17b0de; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sybil Baker</a> reminds me of someone. Scout Finch comes to mind. Paper Moon’s Addie. Or that iconic little girl with pigtails and scraped knees, wearing a ruffled dress, standing up to a bully, defending someone’s honor, maybe even her own.<span id="more-378" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div>
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There’s nothing childlike about Sybil. It’s more that she exudes a certain self-assuredness, the kind some people seem to be born with. The kind that enables archetypes like Scout and Addie to assert themselves, defy convention, question authority.</div>
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Here are some of my "best" photos from Main 24 on Saturday. Bob Boyer helped crop them, but otherwise they are untouched. I used a wide angle lens, which was fun, but also challenging when I wanted to get closer shots. The last shot Rowan took, but I included it because it showed one of the bands we saw, and it was a good shot.</div>
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Main lesson? I need to get closer to my subjects--which is hard because I don't want to bother them. We're taking off to DC in a few days and I'll take some photos of our trip playing with the different lenses. </div>
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We had a great time at this event. This is our 4th year going to it, and every year it gets better, with more to do. It didn't hurt that it was in the low 70s for most of the day, making it easy for us to stay out--from about 1 to 9pm!</div>
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