Jose Ortega y Gasset says, "Tell me the landscape in which you live, and I will tell you who you are." Asserting that character/community is formed, at least in part, by the physical landscape in which he/she resides. And this is underscored by the fact - and not all that long ago - that people and place were, in fact, synonymous: Sapho of Lesbos, for example. Or my middle namesake, Saint Francis of Assisi. Jesus of Nazareth.
Once a poet always a poet, and even though I haven't written poems for a long time, I can nonetheless say that everything I've ever learned about wri… - Jack Driscoll
Once a poet always a poet, and even though I haven't written poems for a long time, I can nonetheless say that everything I've ever learned about wri…
- Jack Driscoll
I was once referred to in a Kirkus review as a "northern Michigan version of Andre Dubus." My editor called me after the review came out and asked if… - Jack Driscoll
I was once referred to in a Kirkus review as a "northern Michigan version of Andre Dubus." My editor called me after the review came out and asked if…
Compassion is the belief that things might improve, and even when there's little, if anything, to sustain and engender that belief. It's the place fr… - Jack Driscoll
Compassion is the belief that things might improve, and even when there's little, if anything, to sustain and engender that belief. It's the place fr…
Nothing is more fatiguing than winter, the extreme and unrelenting snow and below zero temperatures, and the seemingly unbearable sameness of the day… - Jack Driscoll
Nothing is more fatiguing than winter, the extreme and unrelenting snow and below zero temperatures, and the seemingly unbearable sameness of the day…
First of all, I don't think of myself as a northern Michigan writer. I think of myself as an American writer who happens - and yes, by choice, and fo… - Jack Driscoll
First of all, I don't think of myself as a northern Michigan writer. I think of myself as an American writer who happens - and yes, by choice, and fo…
I am by nature not a list-keeper, but I do keep lists of names and add at least one or two every single day without exception. First names, last name… - Jack Driscoll
I am by nature not a list-keeper, but I do keep lists of names and add at least one or two every single day without exception. First names, last name…
Actors! They travel the world and all they see is a mirror. - Jack Driscoll
Actors! They travel the world and all they see is a mirror.
If I don't read, I get lonely. If I don't write, I forget who I am. - Jack Driscoll
If I don't read, I get lonely. If I don't write, I forget who I am.
As a writer, I find it a literal impossibility to disengage from whatever the location might be, given how everything that eventually transpires as p… - Jack Driscoll
As a writer, I find it a literal impossibility to disengage from whatever the location might be, given how everything that eventually transpires as p…
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