The importance of place.(Viewpoint essay)

• Published in: Poets & writers Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 27 - 30
• Main Author: Enders, Alexandra
• Format: Magazine Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: New York Poets & Writers, Inc 01.03.2008; Poets & Writers, Incorporated
• Subjects: Authors; Creativity; Evaluation; Negotiation; Novels; Personal space; Poetry; Space; Space utilization (Design); Works; Writers; United States

Due to her problem back, Penelope Lively works in an armchair, with an ancient electronic typewriter on her lap, while A. L. Kennedy finds comfort in a monster black chair in a room the color of blood. In his 1951 essay "Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena," British psychologis...