A Chance to Read John Dufresne on Writing
Had drinks last night with novelist Merle Drown (Suburbs of Heaven). We enjoyed some terrific conversation and dry martinis and eventually ended up talking about John Dufresne, whose book Love Warps the Mind a Little has been one of Kristen's favorites ever since her mom turned us on to it. I liked it quite a lot as well. For Kristen and her mom, Dufresne is a hometown guy, raised in Worcester.
Turns out Merle knows John and mentioned that he edits a literary mag down in Miami. I checked out the site this morning and found that he writes a piece on writing for the publication. Here's a link to the most recent, a piece on writers, reading and research: "The Writer Reads". Good advice from a great writer! Of course, Merle gives some great advice too, but it's not posted on the Internet anywhere ... yet.