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 writing lyrical fiction has been informed by three decades of writing in lines and stanzas. For me the real drama of fiction is almost always the drama of the language.
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…
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…
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…
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.
I began as a poet, moved to short fiction, then to novel writing, and, for the past twelve years, back to stories. I sometimes wonder if the pendulum… - Jack Driscoll
I began as a poet, moved to short fiction, then to novel writing, and, for the past twelve years, back to stories. I sometimes wonder if the pendulum…
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.
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