What is "Doom Eager"?

Lorrie Moore, from "Better and Sicker"
"Martha Graham speaks of the Icelandic term "doom eager" to denote that ordeal of isolation, restlessness, caughtness and artistic experiences when he or she is sick with an idea. When a writer is doom eager, the writing won't be sludge on the page; it will give readers -- and the writer, of course, is the very first reader -- an experience they've never had before, or perhaps a little and at last the words for an experience they have."

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

The 10 strangest books in the English language - Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG



The 10 strangest books in the English language - Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG

I suppose there is an audience for everything. Check out this link to Times Online blog Comment Central on Abe Books' online feature Weird Book Room.

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. - Andre Maurois
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