News and Notices from the Writing Trenches #97…

Item. Big deal? Go Set a Watchman is creating a media and reader frenzy. What’s the big deal? Will Lee get her second Pulitzer for it? I hope not, especially if it’s as badly written as To Kill a Mockingbird. N. Scott Momaday’s House Made of Dawn, also a Pulitzer winner, is a novel providing better insight into an unusual culture (Lee’s is the South, Momaday’s is North American Indian). Momaday has few competitors. Lee has many—Faulkner is just one example. I’m about as excited about this boo...