Having it Both Ways

One more session on "Flowering Judas," plus a new story for next time...

Hello everyone, take heart, for here we are together again/still.

I recently had the pleasure of writing about the work of the wonderful artist Inka Essenhigh, whose new show, “The Greenhouse,” is at the Victoria Miro Gallery in London, March 14 - April 17. The Paris Review was kind enough to publish an excerpt this week.

Last week I asked if we should dedicate another session to “Flowering Judas,” or move on, and it seemed like a split-decision – so, in true Story Club spirit, we’re going to…do both.

I want to talk a bit more about “Flowering Judas” and then offer another Porter story. Maybe this will be an opportunity to talk about what the two stories have in common, and what’s different – which might, in turn, lead us to the question of what makes a writer, anyway…to the question of artistic identity. Is it subject matter, or style, or voice or something more esoteric that a writer has in common with herself – or what?