Write The Book: Conversations on Craft
Arts:Books
The editors of Vermont Almanac discuss their work. A recording of a Green Mountain Book Festival panel discussion featuring Virginia Barlow, Dave Mance III, and Patrick White.
This week’s Write the Book Prompt is to write about an insect or arachnid. We aren’t all as focused on insects as Virginia Barlow, but they are vital. This is a quote from the Florida Museum at the University of Florida: a diverse range of insect species is critical to the survival of most life on Earth, including bats, birds, freshwater fishes and even humans! Along with plants, insects are at the foundation of the food web, and most of the plants and animals we eat rely on insects for pollination or food. A couple of weeks ago I saw a praying mantis outside my front door. Last week, I photographed an amazing, scary-looking spider on my front walk. It turned out to be a shamrock spider. So, consider your favorite arthropod, and write about it.
Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion.
Music Credit: Aaron Shapiro
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Mark Andrew Ferguson - Interview #356 (7/13/15)
Diane Lefer - Interview #355 (7/6/15)
Elena Delbanco - Interview #354 (6/29/15)
David Budbill - Archive Interview #353 (6/22/15)
Wendy Call - Archive Interview #352 (6/15/15)
Sean Prentiss - Interview #351 (6/8/15)
Priscilla Long - Archive Interview # 350 (6/1/15)
Tammy Flanders Hetrick - Interview #349 (5/25/15)
Kim Dannies and Sue Monk Kidd - Interview # 348 (5/18/15)
Chris Cander - Interview #347 (5/11/15)
Ernest Hebert - Interview #346 (5/4/15)
Christian Parenti - Archive Interview #345 (4/27/15)
Jennifer McMahon - Archive Interview # 344 (4/20/15)
Megan Abbott - Archive Interview #343 (4/13/15)
Gary Lee Miller - Interview #342 (4/5/15)
Jeff Pearlman - Interview #341 (3/30/15)
Martha Oliver-Smith - Interview #340 (3/23/15)
Angela Patten - Interview #339 (3/16/15)
Stephen Kurkjian - Interview #338 (3/11/15)
Kristin Kimball - Archive Interview #337 (3/10/15)
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