Blogcritics: Comments on lying | the art of poetry & of writing

Comment by sadi

Sat, 21 May 2005 14:35:41 EDT

sorry, N - i changed the book because i fundamentally agree with you. Annie Lamott's book is far superior and a GREAT book, if you haven't read it -- do check it out (tho you've prob. read). But no, don't feel bad. I just wanted to be clear that this wasn't a review or an endorsement of any particular book, but really just an opinion piece written by a writer and an editor. It came up because so many people took my poems, in particular, as very autobiographical. And while some are, some are not. It's always a mistake to think someone can sum you up that simply : we are complex, all of us, and i was sort of annoyed that anyone would presume to know me that intimately just by reading my work. I mean, on the one hand, it said the work was convincing, effective, all good things, but it was the conclusion that bothered me. anyway, i could go on and on, as i do in the article; so will let that do the talking. if you want, you can visit my poetry etc. (that is relavent to this piece by going to www.tantmieux.squarespace.com thanks again ;-) - no worries sadi

Comment by Nicolette Rivers

Sat, 21 May 2005 14:22:26 EDT

Sorry Sadi... I know you made no specific mention of the book. I only used the word "featured" to make it clearer which book I meant. The reason I pointed out disliking it was not anything about you, but just for anyone who might think the book looked interesting. Now you changed the book and people will think I'm crazy anyhow! Seein' things! :D

Comment by sadi

Sat, 21 May 2005 14:16:03 EDT

...glad you found this interesting :))

Comment by sadi

Sat, 21 May 2005 14:06:08 EDT

i think there is a misunderstanding here: i didn't "feature" that book. i just had to put some writing books from amazon - as is the rule here, as you know - and that was among the first books to come up. I did not review ANY book here. It is an opinion piece and highly subjective -- sorry if that wasn't clear to you. I thought it was quite clear. my apologies - ... thanks for reading sadi

Comment by Nicolette Rivers

Sat, 21 May 2005 13:32:53 EDT

Very interesting. I'm not great with poetry...or good with poetry...or average! I would like to say that I have a gawd-awful amount of books on writing, and the one I liked the least was the featured book...Writing Down the Bones. Maybe it's better with a poetic temperament, but it felt like a waste of money for me!