Leni Zumas's writing crackles. Her books are sharp, bleak, funny, and possibly dangerous. When her collection of short stories, Farewell Navigator,...
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The title encapsulates two qualities that provokes nostalgia and longing, and some pain: Old. Far Away. Like the "wabi sabi" concept in Japan of the value of things that show their past, such as a worn table nicked and scarred from the counltess meals that were prepared on its surface through the years of joy and sadness.
Add the word : Friends. Not just tables can become nicked and scarred, but so do people. Yet those very qualities show the life in our friendships. A perfect title for a Buddhist writing instructor. Just keep your hand moving, Natalie!
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Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
teri.sprackland, February 14, 2008
The title encapsulates two qualities that provokes nostalgia and longing, and some pain: Old. Far Away. Like the "wabi sabi" concept in Japan of the value of things that show their past, such as a worn table nicked and scarred from the counltess meals that were prepared on its surface through the years of joy and sadness.Add the word : Friends. Not just tables can become nicked and scarred, but so do people. Yet those very qualities show the life in our friendships. A perfect title for a Buddhist writing instructor. Just keep your hand moving, Natalie!
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