by Lise Funderburg | Feb 19, 2012 | Word Up
I’ve found a new source for brushing up: It’s a “post-beginners” series called Ma France from the BBC, and I love it. Here’s the first video in a 24-part series…my favorite feature of it is that it’s under 8 minutes!
by Lise Funderburg | Jul 14, 2011 | Talent, Word Up
Part 3 of a 4-part YouTube series on storytelling from This American Life’s Ira Glass. Using his own work as an example, Glass addresses the painful gulf between taste and skill among creative people in their early careers.CLICK HERE
by Lise Funderburg | Jun 27, 2011 | Food, Word Up
Snack Time, Chang-style Three months ago, summer in the 6th Borough was shaping up to be one of the stay-at-home kind (which would not have been too shabby, given the full-of-fun household we have these days, the capacity for last-minute cookouts with equally...
by Lise Funderburg | Apr 8, 2011 | Word Up
In the realm of great literature knowing no geopolitical or cultural bounds, I sing the praises of John McGahern’s By the Lake, an Irish novel lent to me by a Mexican-American poet. Such a deft hand McGahern has with scene-setting! How quietly yet powerfully he...
by Lise Funderburg | Oct 13, 2010 | Word Up
My workshop students often want to keep up the momentum of our short, intensive time together, plus they want the accountability of having public deadlines. In a flurry of camaraderie, they exchange email addresses before heading out the door. But then what? How do...
by Lise Funderburg | Aug 25, 2010 | Word Up
I’m late to the party for Sloane Crosley’s quirked-out book trailers and can’t imagine how many hours (and hours) were spent on them (the scissors!) (the glue!) (the tiny paper bits!)…but I love them nonetheless. Here’s the one for I Was...
