My friend Jeff has been talking about music, and particularly music while writing. Despite the fact that he brought up the scourge of John Denver, I felt compelled to respond. Truth be told, I haven’t been listening to much music lately. What? A black guy not espousing the joys of music to write to? What [...]
In an article I read recently, the author had a habit of bringing up the notion of what a writer brings to his or her art. He used the words “beliefs??? and “dreams??? often enough to affect me. Maybe it was my half-awake state on the subway, but reading this article did more to shed [...]
I know, I know. I dearly apologize for bringing this up over and over again. Yet, I’m morbidly fascinated with the notion of a literary form withering into a lonely death. And I’m sorry for the misleading headline. The short story isn’t really dead to me, despite not having written a new one in around [...]
