Anna, AJ, and I decided to hop on the Blue line and head down to Wicker Park to see Joseph Salvatore read a “Quickie,” at Inner Town Pub’s reading series. The writer’s that participate only […]
Themes
Manly Writing v Girly Writing?
Two weeks ago I wrote a post about storytelling and a savory sea urchin. It was a love story—or, rather, my way of relaying a story someone had told me. It was soft, slow and effective. The […]
Don’t Yank My Yankerhorn
There are some things we overhear in our daily lives that stay with us, and sometimes they impact our writing. “I understand Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals. I don’t know who invented glasses, but Franklin, he […]
Writing and the Daily Grind
I’ve been thinking about how important it is for writers to write every day. I never put my writing first because I never think I have the time. Since I have to pay the rent—I […]
Ideas About Origins
“Writing is a beautiful act. It is making something that will give pleasure to others later.” —Susan Sontag, from Reborn: Journals and Notebooks 1947-1963 Luc Sante begins his New York Times review of Susan Sontag’s newly published […]
It Gets Better After the First Time
Bread is like sex and writing. The first time is the same for all three: afterwards you feel kind of proud but also disgusted and you’re not sure you want to do it again, but […]
But What Does It Mean?
The other night someone told me a story- I think it was a love story. There was a plate in front of me and it was composed of three small offerings of sea urchin, which […]
Words As Weapons
New School president Bob Kerrey has started a blog. It is an attempt to reach out to the students and faculty of the university after the no-confidence vote that was handed down last week. There […]
E-Book, or E-Suck
I recently received a gift from a friend in the form of an e-book. E-books are electronic versions of print books displayed either on a computer or an e-book device, which is about the size of a […]
The Price of a Word
I read in The New York Times yesterday that Joe the Plumber has penned a book. The news was in an op-ed piece written by Timothy Egan, in which he takes publishers to task on allocating what […]