PILGRIMAGES: Ryan Britt, “Holding Onto Part of the Journey” (6/6)
6There’s an essay in my book which begins with a scene on a rooftop of Bushwick, Brooklyn in which a younger version of myself worries about what will happen…
Book Ideas
PILGRIMAGES: Ryan Britt, “No Place of One’s Own” (4/6)
Staring out into space wondering what you’re supposed to be writing next is a familiar scene either to real writers or fake writers in movies. In the latter, the space…
PILGRIMAGES: Ryan Britt, “There And There Again” (3/6)
The most famous fantasy novel–The Hobbit–also contains inside of it a pseudo-memoir. Bilbo Baggins claims to be writing his life story; a chronicle of…
PILGRIMAGES: Ryan Britt, “Searching For (And Loving) How You’re Labeled” (2/6)
Everyone loves to label artists. Think about it: the record store of those stone-age times before iPods divided music into categories for easy shopibility. Rock. Hip-Hop. Polka.
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…
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: Mike Albo, “Breaking the Binary Literary System” (1/6)
Mike Albo is my humor spirit guide. To see Mike […]
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: Julie Flanders, “Joyride (The Book)” (1/6)
Julie Flanders is a master lyrical shape-shifter. Over the years, her award-winning songwriting skills (honed since her teens) have morphed into related manifestations…
CREATRICKS: Tackling Your Workspace (Stress-Busting Summer Series #1)
Like other animals, humans are greatly impacted by their […]