by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 15, 2023 | Living in Place
Vermont Almanac: Stories From & For the Land, Volume IV, contains another wonderful collection of stories, information, artwork, recipes, odd corners of Vermont history, and a chronicle of last year’s weather. With fifty-nine contributing writers, the book sings...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 6, 2023 | Living in Place
While waiting for the library copy of Hernan Diaz’s novel Trust to become available, it won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, so when it was my turn to borrow, I rushed to start reading. I was lost in the lush language of Part 1 when I turned the page and saw ink. A...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jun 6, 2017 | Living in Place
“Language is one of the few common experiences humanity has.” So begins the Preface to Kory Stamper’s wonderful memoir, Word By Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries. Hanging on Stamper’s personal narrative about how she came to be a lexicographer at Merriam-Webster...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 14, 2015 | Living in Place
I’m learning to fish as part of a current writing project. The allure is two-fold: First, I’m exploring new ways to be in nature. Fishing – fly-casting, in particular – appeals to me for both its contemplative quality and for its required knowledge of entomology. I...
