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Back at Work

May 30, 2018 ~ HD Silversmith ~ Leave a comment

Writing work, that is. (This week I'm actually on official break from the university until I start teaching a class for summer school on June 4.) I've returned to the paper I delivered in Venice last fall as the starting point for my article, and I've dismembered it. It's now lying in chunks on the … Continue reading Back at Work

How Philip Roth Saw His Job

May 23, 2018 ~ HD Silversmith ~ Leave a comment

From The New Yorker by Bernard Avishai

Nothing Like Taking a Long Hiatus

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 ~ HD Silversmith ~ Leave a comment

How ironic is this? I received an award (in the form of a course release from my teaching load this semester) to work on an academic book chapter (and to research and draft an article about a film on which I presented a paper in Venice last fall). But at the end of this semester? … Continue reading Nothing Like Taking a Long Hiatus

It’s Happening

January 3, 2018 ~ HD Silversmith ~ Leave a comment

The memoir-writing, I mean. Actually, it feels way too intimidating to call it that (though that is, indeed, what I expect I'll end up with at the end of this process -- which, given my university life, could take a year ... or multiple years ... and that's okay with me; I have scheduled writing … Continue reading It’s Happening

Going Home: Memoir

December 30, 2017December 30, 2017 ~ HD Silversmith ~ 4 Comments

Here's the thing. I write and publish in three different genres. To wit: 1) academic books and articles; 2) romantic fiction; 3) creative nonfiction/memoir. I just wrote about my current academic writing obligations and projects yesterday, but after January is over,  I don't believe they will occupy all of my writing time. As a result, … Continue reading Going Home: Memoir

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