It snowed last night, which brings our early Spring to a temporary halt. The schools are closed as well, which brings all best intentions of writing on Emmett’s book to a temporary halt. Although I don’t expect to make progress on Emmett’s manuscript, I figured today would be a great […]
It has been a crazy, patchwork kind of existence in Emmett Wilson Land over the past two weeks — a lot of writing, a lot of teaching, a lot of deadlines. My writing life has felt cobbled together, much like Dr. Frankenstein’s creature: It works, but it looks (and feels) […]
Greetings, friends: I have not fallen off any writing or sobriety wagon. I have been working feverishly to finish an article for submission to a literary journal all week — and I made the deadline tonight with only 15 minutes to spare. I have not written anything on that tight […]
I’ve been posting less on Emmett’s blog this month because I’m working on Emmett Wilson-related articles to submit to two publications: I met the representatives of the Little Patuxent Review literary journal when I was at the AWP Conference two weeks ago. Two weeks ago, they told me to submit […]
…we wait! The wait could be a few months. But whatever. I have chapters to edit, more essays to draft (and submit elsewhere).
I’ve started sending out articles and essays to literary journals and publications all about Emmett Wilson and his family. My first submission is to Saw Palm: Florida Literature & Art. This is a Florida-themed literary journal with a lot of creative and interesting components. My first shot at the journal […]
If you’re just now joining us, we’ve been dissecting a letter from Emmett’s brother and law partner, Cephas Love Wilson, addressed to his brother-in-law Emmett Augustus Meade (husband of Katie Wilson Meade), dated January 10, 1910 (here, here, and here). Today, we’re finishing up our analysis of the message itself. […]
We continue to dissect Cephas Love Wilson’s letter to Emmett Augustus Meade, dated January 6, 1910: “Uncle Meade” was The Reverend Everard Meade, O.D., “Gentleman, Soldier, Man of God.” He was the rector of the historic Pohick Episcopal Church in Lorton, Virginia (about 30 miles south of Washington, D.C.), which […]
On Saturday, I took time out to attend the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in downtown D.C. all day Saturday with a dear friend and fellow writer/writing instructor. The AWP is a three-day event, but because of my work schedule, I was only able to attend the last […]
Picking up where we left off in our last post: Cephas’ letter to Emmett Meade (Cephas’ brother-in-law) also mentioned a woman named ‘Jeanet.’ She was not married to Jhon Burton; she never married, in fact. Jeanet Love McKinnon (1880-1940) was a member of the Wilson family by marriage; she was […]
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