In “On Keeping a Notebook” by Joan Didion, from her book of essays, Slouching Toward Bethlehem, she describes the importance of writing down everyday occurrences, largely because they remind us we exist. She refers to a theme found in her essay “Why I Write,” which has a series of: “I, I, I, I.”. In this […]
From Virginia Woolf’s A Writer’s Diary, August 20, 1932
The British novelist Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) wrote many significant novels, including Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, and the essay “A Room of One’s Own.” This entry is excerpted from A Writer’s Diary, entries culled from her personal journals after her death by her husband, the writer and editor Leonard Woolf. To notice in this […]
Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary, March 28, 1931
The British novelist Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) wrote many significant novels, including Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, and the essay “A Room of One’s Own.” This excerpt from A Writer’s Diary, entries culled from her personal journals after her death by her husband, the writer and editor Leonard Woolf. As you read this, notice how […]
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