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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Jennifer McMahon - Interview #154 (8/8/11)
Megan Abbott - Interview #153 (8/1/11)
Kristin Kimball - Interview #152 (7/25/11)
Deborah Fennell - Interview #151 (7/18/11)
Geraldine Brooks - Interview #150 (7/11/11)
Kimberly K. Jones - Archive Interview #149 (7/4/11)
Margot Livesey - Archive Interview #148 (6/27/11)
Laban Carrick Hill - Write The Book Interview #147 (6/20/11)
Marilyn Graman - Write The Book Interview #146 (6/13/11)
Jody Gladding - Write The Book Archive Interview #145 (6/6/11)
Heidi Durrow - Write The Book Interview #144 (5/30/11)
Cathy Ostlere - Write The Book Interview #143 (5/23/11)
William Lychack - Write The Book Interview #142 (5/16/11)
Sydney Lea - Archive Interview #141 (5/9/11)
Abby Frucht - Archive Interview #140 (5/2/11)
Linda Bland - Archive Interview #139 (4/25/11)
Susan Kushner Resnick - Write The Book Interview #138 (4/18/11)
Cardy Raper - Write The Book Interview #137 Part 2 (4/11/11)
Jack Scully - Write The Book Interview #137 Part 1 (4/11/11)
Kate Atkinson - Write The Book Interview #136 (4/4/11)
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