Stephen King says you can't be a good writer unless you are a good reader. I don't know of any good writers who don't read extensively and intensively. I love to read and learn. I'm not a visual artist, but I do love to take photos, and I've always enjoyed it since I got my first Brownie camera when I was a kid.
Bob, good writers are also readers. What always surprises me are poets who claim to write poetry but don't read it. How do they know what makes good poetry? Now, the Brownie camera dates you, my friend.
Yeah, I’m older than dirt. I have a poet friend who says you have to have read and written in all poetic forms before you can call yourself a poet. That’s a little strict. But I agree, a poet who doesn’t read poetry? What’s up with that?
I love to read a good novel, one that captivates me and holds me prisoner, one that when I must put it down for a bit, bugs me until I pick it up again. I recently read two that I enjoyed very much: Ordinary Grace and Iron Lake, both by William Kent Krueger. A third that I read some time ago was Where the Crawdads Sing. I also saw the movie. It still tugs at my heart. I'm currently reading A Time for Mercy, a John Grisham novel. Annother recent read, The Shipping News, made me fall in love with the work of E. Annie Proulx.
Stephen King says you can't be a good writer unless you are a good reader. I don't know of any good writers who don't read extensively and intensively. I love to read and learn. I'm not a visual artist, but I do love to take photos, and I've always enjoyed it since I got my first Brownie camera when I was a kid.
Bob, good writers are also readers. What always surprises me are poets who claim to write poetry but don't read it. How do they know what makes good poetry? Now, the Brownie camera dates you, my friend.
Yeah, I’m older than dirt. I have a poet friend who says you have to have read and written in all poetic forms before you can call yourself a poet. That’s a little strict. But I agree, a poet who doesn’t read poetry? What’s up with that?
I would disagree with your poet friend. Form does not a poet make.
I love to read a good novel, one that captivates me and holds me prisoner, one that when I must put it down for a bit, bugs me until I pick it up again. I recently read two that I enjoyed very much: Ordinary Grace and Iron Lake, both by William Kent Krueger. A third that I read some time ago was Where the Crawdads Sing. I also saw the movie. It still tugs at my heart. I'm currently reading A Time for Mercy, a John Grisham novel. Annother recent read, The Shipping News, made me fall in love with the work of E. Annie Proulx.
Much different than his mystery novels
I love the work of William Kent Krueger. My favorite of his is This Tender Land.
This Tender Land is next on my reading list. I’ve heard good things about it.