Apr 8, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes
One of the books that rocked my world as a young adult was Ursula K. Le Guin’s Left Hand of Darkness. The reason this book struck me with such force in young adulthood is that it emphasized different aspects of the typical science-fiction journey. I read many...
Apr 5, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS Read my books at Kepler’s Kepler’s bookstore has been part of my life for many decades. The first place my family lived when we moved from Taiwan to the United States in the early 1980s was Sunnyvale California. I am sure...
Apr 2, 2018 | Current Ned Note, On Books, On Writing
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon is the first novel I know of that told the story entirely from the point of view of a person with Autism. There have been other books that dabbled in these waters, but Curious Incident is the first novel...
Mar 31, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
((POSTED ON LITERATI’S 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY — and my birthday — MARCH 31 !!!)) Find my books at Literati Books Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS Literati Bookstore is an independent bookstore in downtown Ann Arbor. It’s a wonderful new...
Mar 19, 2018 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
What does it mean to tell a story? When I think of “telling a story,” I am thinking specifically of the act of verbal storytelling – perhaps around a fire with an audience of people who can leave at any moment. In this situation of verbal storytelling, it’s important...
Mar 17, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
by Larry Levis Whenever I listen to Billie Holiday, I am reminded That I, too, was once banished from New York City. Not because of drugs or because I was interesting enough For any wan, overworked patrolman to worry about— His expression usually a great, gauzy...
