Kristopher Jansma's Blog, page 7

Took the new book to visit where its older brother was written,...

Took the new book to visit where its older brother was written, @bcupcafe in the Lower East Side

For my favorite view in Brooklyn. #whywecametothecity

For my favorite view in Brooklyn. #whywecametothecity

http://centerforfiction.org/forwriter...

http://centerforfiction.org/forwriters/the-model-short-story/kristopher-jansma-on-an-unwritten-novel-by-virginia-woolf/an-unwritten-novel-by-virginia-woolf/:

“If I fall on my knees, if I go through the ritual, the ancient antics, it’s you, unknown figures, you I adore; if I open my arms, it’s you I embrace, you I draw to me–adorable world!”

- Virginia Woolf, “An Unwritten Novel”

My essay on the story here.

Kristopher Jansma reads Why We Came to the City with Isaac Fitzgerald

Kristopher Jansma reads Why We Came to the City with Isaac Fitzgerald

Well, at least if this writing thing doesn’t work out, I...

Well, at least if this writing thing doesn’t work out, I can fall back on a career in men’s fashion!

WHY WE CAME TO THE CITY featured on @Farfetch The Book Club

“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a...

“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring. Who, being loved, is poor?”

- Oscar Wilde

This was a gift from my sister Jennifer, who passed away eight years ago. It hangs above my writing desk at home, and is the best summary I have for the philosophy by which I try to lead my life, and which I try to explore in my work.

“… the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the...

“… the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing… He must learn them again.”

- William Faulkner (at SUNY New Paltz)

“… the young man or woman writing today gas...

“… the young man or woman writing today gas forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing… He must learn them again.”

- William Faulkner (at SUNY New Paltz)

"We wouldn’t trade those nights for anything or anywhere. Those nights, we remembered why we came to..."

“We wouldn’t trade those nights for anything or anywhere. Those nights, we remembered why we came to the city…“”

- Kristopher Jansma

Why We Came To The City (via positively-jaded)

millionsmillions:Check out a new essay from Zadie Smith in...

millionsmillions:

Check out a new essay from Zadie Smith in NYRB on the uncanny, Schopenhauer, and Anomalisa. “That we believe ourselves to be separate from each other, and separate from the apparent objects of our desire, was, for Schopenhauer, the root of our suffering.” 

For more on Smith, read our review of NW.