All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost, (Paperback)

from slatta

Creative writers--or anyone who involved in the creative arts, for that matter--will find much to appreciate in this novel centered on three poets: Roman, outwardly successful, acutely aware that he has perhaps earned his honors too easily (and in fact he is not a very likable character); Bernard...

from Cariola

All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost got off to a slow start. Having been through an English grad program in the 1980s and being quite familiar with the MFA/creative writer types, I was reminded of the more unpleasant aspects of the program, the students, and the professors: the competitiveness, the...

from skrishna

All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost is a book that brings a lot of questions about the teaching of the writing craft to the forefront. Is writing even something that can be taught? If it is, what is the best method to do so? As Miranda rejects her class's poems, skewers them in front of everyone, h...

from browner56

Three aspiring poets-Roman, Bernard, and Lucy-meet in a graduate writing program in 1986 and begin a lifelong journey of love, friendship, betrayal, and artistic creation. They are brought together initially by Miranda, the aloof and enigmatic teacher who serves as their first guide to the harsh ...

from plenilune

This book reads like it descended whole from the heavens and like every word and line were gone over with the finest-toothed comb dozens of times, all at once. Obviously it was the latter, but there is something about the language, the voice, the atmosphere, the characters, that at the end leads ...