D. A. Hosek

Just another writer

  • Writerly resolutions, March Status

    I continue to not progress well with my writing. 2019 is looking like it’s going to be a difficult year. Just 1,369 words on the novel which represents me slowing down even more than I had previously. Short story statuses: I’ve not yet come back to the long story, nor have I made much progress…

  • Beautiful Sentences: Joy Williams

    Pearl’s life … avoided meaning as the bird does the snare. Joy Williams, The Changeling.

  • Beautiful Sentences: Fernando Pessoa

    Everything was sleeping as if the universe were simply a mistake, and the hesitant wind was a limp, unfurled flag on top of a nonexistent building. Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet.

  • Beautiful Sentences: Sara Nović

    I woke in the cobalt part of the dawn. Sara Nović, Girl at War.

  • Beautiful Sentences: Fernando Pessoa

    Having touched the feet of Christ is no excuse for faulty punctuation. Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet.

  • Writerly resolutions, February Status

    As the fact that I’m half a month late in posting this might attest, I’ve not been doing so good with my resolutions. Only 1,573 words on the novel which is worse than January. Short story statuses: The revisions on the long story have been problematic and I put it aside for a while. The…

  • “Saint Jude’s Medallion”: The Story Behind the Story

    The earliest version of “Saint Jude’s Medallion” came from an assignment for a class I took as an undergrad, Latinos and the Politics of Religion. We were supposed to interview an older Latino/a (the term Latinx had not yet been invented or at least had not achieved currency in the Pomona Valley of the late 80s)…

  • Beautiful Sentences: Éduoard Louis

    That’s one part of scenes like this that people don’t think of: the physical pain, the body suffering all at once, bruised and wounded What people think of—faced with a scene such as this one, I mean: looking at it from the outside—is the humiliation, the inability to understand, the fear, but they don’t think…

  • Beautiful Sentences: Jamie Quatro

    Pets area fucking waste, Tommy says, chin quivering. They’re just ticking time bombs of sadness. Jamie Quatro, Fire Sermon.