Sophfronia’s Blog
Kind Words
A blog about what I find amazing, smart, beautiful, or just plain fun.
Book Review: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers My rating: 5 of 5 stars The writing in this book is wonderfully subtle. It's as though Carson McCullers spends the whole novel chopping quietly away at a grand old oak tree. You don't realize so much is happening in the [...]
My Big Fat Writing Journal
If you saw me on campus last month at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, chances are you saw my writing journal too. It's a huge blue binder and I pretty much carried it everywhere until the sun went down--then I left it in my dorm room and gave it [...]
The Anatomy of Strength
“Why are you so strong?” “How did you get to be so strong?” “I wish I had your strength." I’ve heard these comments or some variation on them many times throughout my life. The person making the comment is usually responding to how I handled a tragedy or how I [...]
Why I Live My Writing Life
My friend Jenny, when her son was a toddler, used to say that taking a nap was the most rebellious thing a person could do. I knew exactly what she was talking about. When you nap, you do it despite all the other things you know you should be doing [...]
