Transgressive » Literature http://transgressive.com Tue, 22 May 2012 02:23:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Cure http://transgressive.com/2010/03/18/the-cure/ http://transgressive.com/2010/03/18/the-cure/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:52:47 +0000 Admin http://transgressive.com/2010/03/18/the-cure/ “The cure for anything is salt water—sweat, tears, or the sea.” —Isak Dinesen…

]]> “The cure for anything is salt water—sweat, tears, or the sea.” —Isak Dinesen

]]> http://transgressive.com/2010/03/18/the-cure/feed/ 0 All the day’s activities http://transgressive.com/2007/09/23/all-the-days-activities/ http://transgressive.com/2007/09/23/all-the-days-activities/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:09:38 +0000 Admin http://transgressive.com/all-the-days-activities/ Here was a schedule I had written down somewhere before I really knew how it would turn out. Some of it is valid but most of it is wildly inaccurate.

9:30 am Gym and jumparoo workout time
10:00 am Short nap
11:00 am Morning conversation
11:30 am 1st Feeding
Noon Longer Nap
1:00 – 2:00

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]]> Here was a schedule I had written down somewhere before I really knew how it would turn out. Some of it is valid but most of it is wildly inaccurate.

9:30 am Gym and jumparoo workout time
10:00 am Short nap
11:00 am Morning conversation
11:30 am 1st Feeding
Noon Longer Nap
1:00 – 2:00 pm Mobile chores or activities
2:00 pm 2nd Feeding
2:30 pm Music, reading, play time – nap if requested
3:30 pm 3rd feeding
4:00 pm 3 mile run (if rain, weapons training)
5:00 pm Cool down time, hand-off

]]> http://transgressive.com/2007/09/23/all-the-days-activities/feed/ 0 The Road http://transgressive.com/2007/02/16/the-road/ http://transgressive.com/2007/02/16/the-road/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:08:41 +0000 Admin http://transgressive.com/the-road/ Today I read Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. It is about a father and son at the end of the world.…

]]> Today I read Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. It is about a father and son at the end of the world.

]]> http://transgressive.com/2007/02/16/the-road/feed/ 0 Stream of justice http://transgressive.com/2006/09/28/stream-of-justice/ http://transgressive.com/2006/09/28/stream-of-justice/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:20:52 +0000 Admin http://transgressive.com/stream-of-justice/ “The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.” –George Eliot

And today, I believe I saw the baby’s golden stream.…

]]> “The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.” –George Eliot

And today, I believe I saw the baby’s golden stream.

]]> http://transgressive.com/2006/09/28/stream-of-justice/feed/ 0 The sleeper has awakened http://transgressive.com/2006/06/25/the-sleeper-has-awakened/ http://transgressive.com/2006/06/25/the-sleeper-has-awakened/#comments Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:06:03 +0000 Admin http://transgressive.com/the-sleeper-has-awakened/ “Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” –Carl Jung…

]]> “Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” –Carl Jung

]]> http://transgressive.com/2006/06/25/the-sleeper-has-awakened/feed/ 0 Mostly fiction http://transgressive.com/2005/10/27/mostly-fiction/ http://transgressive.com/2005/10/27/mostly-fiction/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:44:17 +0000 Admin http://transgressive.com/mostly-fiction/ I gave a fiction reading at the college tonight. A surprisingly large crowd and lively Q&A. And nearly every member of the English Department attended—I guess we’re not in Missouri any more……

]]> I gave a fiction reading at the college tonight. A surprisingly large crowd and lively Q&A. And nearly every member of the English Department attended—I guess we’re not in Missouri any more…

]]> http://transgressive.com/2005/10/27/mostly-fiction/feed/ 0 I know what you wrote last summer http://transgressive.com/2005/10/02/i-know-what-you-wrote-last-summer/ http://transgressive.com/2005/10/02/i-know-what-you-wrote-last-summer/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2005 22:21:30 +0000 Admin http://transgressive.com/i-know-what-you-wrote-last-summer/ One difference between teaching creative writing at a Missouri state university and a private college in New York: the use of the “summer lakehouse” setting in student stories has just tripled here in NY.…

]]> One difference between teaching creative writing at a Missouri state university and a private college in New York: the use of the “summer lakehouse” setting in student stories has just tripled here in NY.

]]> http://transgressive.com/2005/10/02/i-know-what-you-wrote-last-summer/feed/ 0 I found I was having trouble concentrating http://transgressive.com/2005/09/26/i-found-i-was-having-trouble-concentrating/ http://transgressive.com/2005/09/26/i-found-i-was-having-trouble-concentrating/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:33:00 +0000 Admin http://transgressive.com/i-found-i-was-having-trouble-concentrating/ Raymond Carver’s “On Writing” has been reprinted online. A perfect meandering meditation on the short story form.…

]]> Raymond Carver’s “On Writing” has been reprinted online. A perfect meandering meditation on the short story form.

]]> http://transgressive.com/2005/09/26/i-found-i-was-having-trouble-concentrating/feed/ 0 Furious submissions http://transgressive.com/2005/09/21/furious-submissions/ http://transgressive.com/2005/09/21/furious-submissions/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:58:53 +0000 Admin http://transgressive.com/furious-submissions/ Eight Diagrams recently posted an analysis of the most presitigious literary magazines based on Best American Short Stories Anthology reprints and followed up with another version based on the O. Henry Prize Stories.

The first analysis includes handy links to the journals. When you combine that with Sand Hill’s top magazine list (with direct …

]]> Eight Diagrams recently posted an analysis of the most presitigious literary magazines based on Best American Short Stories Anthology reprints and followed up with another version based on the O. Henry Prize Stories.

The first analysis includes handy links to the journals. When you combine that with Sand Hill’s top magazine list (with direct links to guidelines) and our own fiction contest listings, a holy triumvirate of useful submission information is formed.

]]> http://transgressive.com/2005/09/21/furious-submissions/feed/ 0 Amazon Shorts http://transgressive.com/2005/08/23/amazon-shorts/ http://transgressive.com/2005/08/23/amazon-shorts/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:09:06 +0000 Admin http://transgressive.com/amazon-shorts/ Amazon is now selling short literary works in their “Shorts” section. I read a lot of short fiction but there’s something vaguely unappealing about the way they have their store set up right now. Sorry to say—maybe because the “cover” images used to headline each piece are so ugly? I understand it’s necessary that they …

]]> Amazon is now selling short literary works in their “Shorts” section. I read a lot of short fiction but there’s something vaguely unappealing about the way they have their store set up right now. Sorry to say—maybe because the “cover” images used to headline each piece are so ugly? I understand it’s necessary that they be generic but maybe mix it up a little…

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