I loved the idea of slowing things down. Especially since I recently gobbled down Antarctica after my recent discovery of Claire Keegan. A story a day. Yes.
I'm reading Claire Keegan's So Late in the Day and am similarly enamored of her writing. It's so economical and yet, rich. I rarely re-read things as I feel that pressure you referenced of needing to read more, especially as I'm not getting any younger and there's so much I want to read! But there are some things that do warrant revisiting...Keegan's writing is certainly one of them.
I meet every Monday morning with two friends to read and talk about poetry. We have read out loud Kim Rosen’s Saved by a Poem. We have been reading poetry together for six years. This is our fourth time through Rosen’s book. It feels like we keep wading further and further.
So appreciate your sharing and I look forward to reading this story. Thank you.
Totally feel that way about Claire Keegan. I just want to slow down every second of my reading her words! But then, my lust causes me to inhale every single sentence. I'll try again next time but until then, I can always reread!
I love this idea to consider what it would look like to slow down in reading and receiving what the piece wants to give. I often carry this urgency into my reading ,a kind of push to get through. But I'm really slowing down in my work so it makes sense to slow down in my reading too! I do read more slowly with poetry. I'll read a poem silently, then out loud, then come back to it again. It definitely lands differently. Funny, I've not really thought about reading prose out loud in the same way. Maybe there's something to that idea!
I have handed out Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These to several friends. She's such a brilliant writer: Small details that seem oh so nonchalantly dropped in will grab you by the throat.
Antarctica is such a great choice for a close read. I’m rereading favorite book and also less focused on finishing than on noticing the beauty of the sentences.
I loved the idea of slowing things down. Especially since I recently gobbled down Antarctica after my recent discovery of Claire Keegan. A story a day. Yes.
I'm reading Claire Keegan's So Late in the Day and am similarly enamored of her writing. It's so economical and yet, rich. I rarely re-read things as I feel that pressure you referenced of needing to read more, especially as I'm not getting any younger and there's so much I want to read! But there are some things that do warrant revisiting...Keegan's writing is certainly one of them.
Thank you, thank you!
I meet every Monday morning with two friends to read and talk about poetry. We have read out loud Kim Rosen’s Saved by a Poem. We have been reading poetry together for six years. This is our fourth time through Rosen’s book. It feels like we keep wading further and further.
So appreciate your sharing and I look forward to reading this story. Thank you.
This sounds like such a special reading group! I'm so happy to hear it exists.
They are special women. It all began when the three of us came together at a David Whyte weekend in Charleston, SC.
Reading you this morning reminded me of the power of close, slow reading and paying attention- Mary Oliver’s attention is prayer.
Been following you and reading you for awhile- always inspired- this morning to a comment. Thank you for hope and community and…
Totally feel that way about Claire Keegan. I just want to slow down every second of my reading her words! But then, my lust causes me to inhale every single sentence. I'll try again next time but until then, I can always reread!
I love it—both paying attention to a work of art and making a work of art. Gestures of hope.
I love this idea to consider what it would look like to slow down in reading and receiving what the piece wants to give. I often carry this urgency into my reading ,a kind of push to get through. But I'm really slowing down in my work so it makes sense to slow down in my reading too! I do read more slowly with poetry. I'll read a poem silently, then out loud, then come back to it again. It definitely lands differently. Funny, I've not really thought about reading prose out loud in the same way. Maybe there's something to that idea!
I definitely read poetry the slowest of all!
I have handed out Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These to several friends. She's such a brilliant writer: Small details that seem oh so nonchalantly dropped in will grab you by the throat.
Antarctica is such a great choice for a close read. I’m rereading favorite book and also less focused on finishing than on noticing the beauty of the sentences.