PILGRIMAGES: Mike Albo, “The Fluidity of Expression” (4/6)
I mentioned before that I believe ideas are energy. I’d like to expand on that and say that I also think they are gender fluid. I know that sounds weird but what I mean is…
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PILGRIMAGES: Mike Albo, “Idea Paranoia” (3/6)
Yesterday, I mentioned one huge roadblock to creativity: doubt in yourself and whether your voice is worthy. Another obstacle is related but a little harder to nail down, because it appears to be real and…
PILGRIMAGES: Mike Albo, “Writing Through the Roadblocks” (2/6)
Recently I was taking a trip with two fellow journalists. We chatted about what we have been working on. I mentioned I have written two novels and I can’t believe they ever…
PILGRIMAGES: Julia Douglass, “No Questions Asked” (6/6)
I had the lyrics for this song laying around for a long time. I wanted to write the saddest song in the world. To me, teenage car crashes are the saddest things in the world.
PILGRIMAGES: Julia Douglass, “My Boyfriend Is A Genius” (5/6)
I originally wrote “My Boyfriend Is A Genius” because a charming, brilliant cad I briefly dated at music school had implied that I was not smart enough for him, which was…
PILGRIMAGES: Julia Douglass, “Metaphorical Pilgrimage” (4/6)
During my four years in Minneapolis I went back to my musical roots, as well. I was a classical musician, I played the French horn for many years–I think around twenty or so…
PILGRIMAGES: Julia Douglass, “How a Minnesotan Thinks” (3/6)
Yes. Going back home is an old story. And it was not easy. My east coast, razzle dazzle, highly voluble husband was completely freaking out about the quirks…
PILGRIMAGES: Julia Douglass, “Black Watch Kilt” (2/6)
Yes. Sometimes one needs to visit the scene of the crime to finish something. The song “Black Watch Kilt” is about my friend Carol. I had been trying for years to write about…
PILGRIMAGES: Julia Douglass, “A Journey or Search of Moral or Spiritual Significance” (1/6)
Out of all those singer-songwriters of ‘90s NYC, I’m so […]
DISCOVERIES: Stacey Harwood & David Lehman, “The Forces of Lehman and Sinatra Combine” (6/6)
For today’s post I want to circle back to where we began, with David’s recent book (now available in bookstores) Sinatra’s Century…
DISCOVERIES: Stacey Harwood & David Lehman, “If Two Heads Are Better Than One Then…” (5/6)
David Lehman loves wordplay. He loves writing poems in both traditional and invented forms. He takes the writing of…
DISCOVERIES: Stacey Harwood & David Lehman, “Man of Letters Part 2” (4/6)
Yesterday we brought you Part I of a two-part in-depth interview with David. It touches on many of the themes and subjects that have concerned David over the course…
DISCOVERIES: Stacey Harwood & David Lehman, “Man of Letters Part 1” (3/6)
David Lehman is truly a man of letters. He’s published 10 volumes of poetry, edited dozens of anthologies, including the Oxford…
DISCOVERIES: Stacey Harwood & David Lehman, “Sinatra’s Century” (2/6)
On May 14, 1998, I phoned David [Lehman] just as he learned of Frank Sinatra’s death. “I can’t talk now,” he said. “Sinatra has…
DISCOVERIES: Stacey Harwood & David Lehman, “Lehman’s Mind is an Arc” (1/6)
So happy and honored that David Lehman, the de facto dean of American Poetry is this week’s Featured Creative. Unlike so many…
DISCOVERIES: Jenny Douglas, “To Build a Brooklyn Cottage: Journey of Discovery in Six Parts” (6/6)
What have I learned on the journey of discovery that’s been The Brooklyn Cottage?