Katrin's Newsletter #40: Back to work!
This brief missive is a way for me to make connections with people interested in art and creativity (sign up here). I'm an author and editor, always on the lookout for inspiration.
It's Labor Day... (already?!)
Time to get to work; I'm ready! This summer I've been lucky to be able to focus on seeing my loved ones again, and thankfully everyone's doing okay despite cataclysmic world events.
Truth be told... I'm eager to get back to work on my Ibiza book. Still waiting to hear back from my agent, trying hard to be patient. Here's the author photo I ended up picking. Now let's hope I can actually use it one day!
I'm moderating a panel at the Salem Literary Festival this Saturday about "Mothers & Daughters." Join us at 1pm for free! On Monday I'll be discussing nonfiction craft through Paragraph Writing Space in Brooklyn. More here.
A book I couldn't put down
I read a few clunk
ers this summer... books that, in my opinion, failed to live up to the hype. But I also read a novel I won't quickly forget: "The Paper Palace" by Miranda Cowley Heller.
It is an instant New York Times bestseller by a debut author, a story that eschews traditional structure, managing to combine literary sensibility with a page-turning premise. Until the very end I wasn't sure what would happen, and I CARED.
Meanwhile, I'm desperate to find some new music. What are you enjoying these days? I'm stuck on Motown and 90's Rap, with a dash of disco and bluegrass thrown in for good measure.
And finally, I recommend reading the article "A Sadness I Can't Carry" by David Treuer, an Ojibwe Indian, in this week's New York Times Magazine.
He articulates a feeling of being lost that many of us have endured during Covid, and puts it in an entirely new perspective (at least to me). I hired David to come teach in Key West this winter--one of the perks of my job. There's one spot left in his workshop if you're interested!
