Grace

If I pay attention, I find that there are elements in each residency that accumulate and resonate throughout the week. I thank God for lightbulbs that have gone off in my head about omniscience, narrative form, ephiphanies, and language. My new supervisor, Adria, has been an important part of many of these insights. I'm thrilled to be working with her this semseter.

The other operative word this residency seem to be "grace." A fellow student asked me about it, it came up in my workshop and during. Writers are fascinated by mystery (Flannery O'Connor's words).

A quote from class today on the dearth of happy endings in the literary short story: "The sad story is our record, the occasional happy story, our prayer."