http://richardgilbert.me Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction & Reviews: an inquiry by Richard Gilbert Wed, 22 May 2013 15:24:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/26bcc35f27b742b9ad44f0bc938b9cae?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://richardgilbert.me http://richardgilbert.me/2013/05/18/learning-the-craft-part-three/ http://richardgilbert.me/2013/05/18/learning-the-craft-part-three/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 09:54:00 +0000 Richard Gilbert http://richardgilbert.me/?p=4505 Continue reading →]]> http://richardgilbert.me/2013/05/18/learning-the-craft-part-three/feed/ 20 richardgilbert Sky Hole 2x Freckles sez, "Get help—don't be baaaad!". http://richardgilbert.me/2013/05/13/learning-the-craft-part-two/ http://richardgilbert.me/2013/05/13/learning-the-craft-part-two/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 12:10:03 +0000 Richard Gilbert http://richardgilbert.me/?p=4493 Continue reading →]]> http://richardgilbert.me/2013/05/13/learning-the-craft-part-two/feed/ 17 richardgilbert Sure, writing’s hard—but it’s play, too. Get in shape before you try “discipline.” http://richardgilbert.me/2013/05/08/learning-the-craft-part-one/ http://richardgilbert.me/2013/05/08/learning-the-craft-part-one/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 12:54:15 +0000 Richard Gilbert http://richardgilbert.me/?p=4480 Continue reading →]]> http://richardgilbert.me/2013/05/08/learning-the-craft-part-one/feed/ 18 richardgilbert Paris bookstore Shakespeare & Company. Photo by my jet-setting sister, Meg. June 2005, just before my first MFA residency. http://richardgilbert.me/2013/05/03/celebrating-my-book-contract/ http://richardgilbert.me/2013/05/03/celebrating-my-book-contract/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 13:15:00 +0000 Richard Gilbert http://richardgilbert.me/?p=4471 Continue reading →]]> http://richardgilbert.me/2013/05/03/celebrating-my-book-contract/feed/ 54 richardgilbert Shepherd: A Memoir depicts this view, our green pastures & neighbor Ernie’s weedy fields, the road below snaking into trees. me with Freckles' '06 lambs. This frontispiece map shows the rural neighborhood depicted in Shepherd: A Memoir. Map copyright Laura Joseph. http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/28/john-mcphee-on-writers-block/ http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/28/john-mcphee-on-writers-block/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:03:40 +0000 Richard Gilbert http://richardgilbert.me/?p=4465 Continue reading →]]> http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/28/john-mcphee-on-writers-block/feed/ 24 richardgilbert —source unknown http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/24/our-human-narrative/ http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/24/our-human-narrative/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:31:11 +0000 Richard Gilbert http://richardgilbert.me/?p=4446 Continue reading →]]> http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/24/our-human-narrative/feed/ 6 richardgilbert Dr. Wylie: why are we “brilliantly creative, cruel, absurd”? Dr. Wylie's previous book http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/21/qa-with-memoirist-liz-stephens/ http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/21/qa-with-memoirist-liz-stephens/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:46:21 +0000 Richard Gilbert http://richardgilbert.me/?p=4436 Continue reading →]]> http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/21/qa-with-memoirist-liz-stephens/feed/ 6 richardgilbert Liz Stephens: “Voice is the through-line.” Stephens-Days are Gods http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/19/noted-pico-iyer-on-voice/ http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/19/noted-pico-iyer-on-voice/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:31:33 +0000 Richard Gilbert http://richardgilbert.me/?p=4427 Continue reading →]]> http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/19/noted-pico-iyer-on-voice/feed/ 4 richardgilbert Bookstore, Quaint x http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/15/meet-a-character-in-my-memoir/ http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/15/meet-a-character-in-my-memoir/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:41:27 +0000 Richard Gilbert http://richardgilbert.me/?p=4419 Continue reading →]]> http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/15/meet-a-character-in-my-memoir/feed/ 20 richardgilbert Freckles was an amazing mother who usually had triplets and raised them brilliantly; here she is in 2006 with twins. Freckles taught me to honor maternal ability. http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/10/lee-martin-the-artist-must-risk-failure/ http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/10/lee-martin-the-artist-must-risk-failure/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:45:50 +0000 Richard Gilbert http://richardgilbert.me/?p=4397 Continue reading →]]> http://richardgilbert.me/2013/04/10/lee-martin-the-artist-must-risk-failure/feed/ 16 richardgilbert Lee Martin, speaking at Otterbein University on April 9, 2013 A masterpiece of memoir & personal essay Lee Martin makes a point.