“Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling. I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic train-car constructions like, say, "The happiness that attends disaster." Or: "The disappointment of … Continue reading Emotions, In My Experience
Language
For Last Year’s Words…
“For last year's words belong to last year's language, And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning." ―T.S. Eliot
A Written Word
“A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art. It is the work of art nearest to life itself. It may be translated into every language, and not only be read but actually breathed from all human lips; … Continue reading A Written Word
What Cannot Be Said
“What cannot be said above all must not be silenced but written.” ―Jacques Derrida
Just Because Everybody Uses Language
“Just because everybody uses language, that doesn't mean that they can write even tolerable prose.” ―Stephen Jones I'd like a moment of silence in honor of the man who said this. Bless you, sir.
Nightmares In Editing
I am an immense fan of what I call the "clean manuscript". That means the manuscript doesn't require me to do any of the following: Lose hair. Attempt to remove my eyeballs with a fork or melon baller. Grind my teeth. Slouch over my laptop in sheer disgust. And those are just a few of … Continue reading Nightmares In Editing
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 