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Meg Waite Clayton

Author of the international bestsellers The Postmistress of Paris, The Last Train to London, and 7 other novels

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February 19, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

Cold-Body Reading

Not sure what started me on this Emily Dickinson kick, but here is a take from her on reading: If I read a book [and] it makes my whole body so cold no fire can …

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February 18, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison

Today is Toni Morrison's birthday. In presenting her the Medal of Freedom in May of 2012, President Obama remarked that as a single mother she would carve out a …

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February 17, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

Forever

Closing out the work week with great writing and life advice, again from Emily Dickinson: Forever – is composed of Nows" -Emily Dickinson Again, you can read …

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February 16, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

Variations on a Theme from Dickinson

Certainly the most poetic writing advice I know of, from Emily Dickinson: Tell all the truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies - Emily Dickinson from …

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February 15, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

Hope, from Emily Dickinson

Did you know Emily Dickinson wrote her poetry on scraps of paper, and never intended to publish. And yet she left behind over 1700 poems. Here is one hopeful …

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February 14, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

A Bit of Early Love, from Nicole Krauss

If you haven't read Nicole Krauss's The History of Love, you should. Part of you thought: Please don't look at me. If you don't, I can still turn away. And part …

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February 13, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

A Love Quote from Louise Erdrich

More on the love theme for Valentine's Day, this time from Louise Erdrich: You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are …

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February 12, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

A Love Quote from Jane Austen

Looking forward to Valentine's Day Tuesday, how about a love quote from no less than Jane Austen? “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my …

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February 11, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

Sylvia Plath, Remembered

I expect I could fill a whole year of quotes with Sylvia Plath. And this despite the fact that her life was so short, ending at age 30 by suicide on this day in …

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February 10, 2017 By Meg Waite Clayton

Yet More Writing Wisdom from Plath

More writing wisdom from Sylvia Plath today: “Some things are hard to write about. After something happens to you, you go to write it down, and either you over …

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