Death and burial were a public spectacle. Shakespeare may have seen for himself the gravediggers at St Ann's, Soho, playing skittles with… — Catharine Arnold Copy Share Image
My grandmother could never have written a memoir, so 'The Gravedigger's Daughter' is a homage to her life, and to the lives… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
That's what a story must feel like to me. It's not, "I want to write about a gravedigger." But you're walking along… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Lucivar winced. "She guzzled half the flask — and it wasn't one of his home brews, it was the concoction you created."… — Anne Bishop Copy Share Image
I love the performance of a craft, whether it is modest or mean-spirited, yet I walk away when discussions of it begin… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
There's a country spread out in the sky, a credulous carpet of rainbows and crepuscular plants: I move toward it just a… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
