http://www.davemadden.org/2010/02/some-questions-asked-toabout-a-book-i-need-to-read-soon/ = now (again) a southerner. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:09:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.davemadden.org/2010/02/some-questions-asked-toabout-a-book-i-need-to-read-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-224 dinty Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:32:46 +0000 http://www.davemadden.org/?p=571#comment-224 Oh, and maybe don't write off my whole generation of nonfiction writers in one sentence, okay? We're not dead yet. (Insert smile here.) Oh, and maybe don’t write off my whole generation of nonfiction writers in one sentence, okay? We’re not dead yet. (Insert smile here.)

]]> http://www.davemadden.org/2010/02/some-questions-asked-toabout-a-book-i-need-to-read-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-223 dinty Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:30:57 +0000 http://www.davemadden.org/?p=571#comment-223 there is a version of the truth that d'agata found by fudging the dates, but another version of the truth would be found if he simply acknowledged and explored the three-day gap. I'm partial to the latter, because I think it is a more interesting, more challenging exercise. There is great value in constraints, and sticking to verifiable facts is a worthwhile, fruitful constraint. there is a version of the truth that d’agata found by fudging the dates, but another version of the truth would be found if he simply acknowledged and explored the three-day gap. I’m partial to the latter, because I think it is a more interesting, more challenging exercise. There is great value in constraints, and sticking to verifiable facts is a worthwhile, fruitful constraint.

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