review by Suzanne Kamata In reading the poetry of Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, I am reminded of the sometimes bizarre syntax in writing produced by non-native speakers of English. For many years, Joritz-Nakagawa has taught in Japan where English words often appear in advertising and other forms of writing. This writing is frequently nonsensical, and yet strange [...]
National Novel Writing Month: One Author’s Journal, Day 1
by Karen Harrington Nov 1, 2007 First day of NaNoWriMo. I started writing at 9:30 a.m. after dropping my girls off at school. Thankfully, they go to school two days a week and this is prized writing/laundry folding time. I put on a music selection of Enya. I wrote until 10:30 a.m. I checked the [...]
