Archive for the ‘Patrick Madden’ Category

CNF Conversations: An Interview with Essayist Chris Arthur, Part II

07 Dec 2012 at 20:53

Julija Šukys

Buddhism, Chris Arthur, CNF Conversations, Creative Nonfiction, E. B. White, Editing, Essays, Interviews, Ireland, Patrick Madden, Paul Valéry, Personal Essays, Structure, Uncategorized, Writing

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Chris Arthur, On the Shoreline of Knowledge: Irish Wanderings. Iowa City: Shoreline Books, 2012. This is Part II of a two-part interview with Chris Arthur. Click here to access Part I. Julija Šukys: Like you, I’m obsessed with the writing of ordinary lives. The following passage is marked in pencil and with exclamation marks in [...]

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Life-blood: Patrick Madden

16 Jul 2010 at 10:25

Julija Šukys

Autobiography, Creative Nonfiction, Domesticity, Life-blood, Patrick Madden, Personal Essays, Writing

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Patrick Madden, Quotidiana. University of Nebraska Press, 2010. I started reading Quotidiana because I liked the title and because I’ve recently discovered how much I love the essay form. Good essays take the small, apparently throwaway details of everyday life and find in them universal truths and occasionally devastating beauty. Joan Didion is one master [...]

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