Jun 24, 2015 | Writing and Rewriting
“Writers don’t write from experience, though many are resistant to admit that they don’t. I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you’d get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.” — Nikki...
Apr 10, 2015 | Writing and Rewriting
“Only death, his own, should prevent a playwright from considering yet one more revision to his script.” — Oscar Wilde
Dec 1, 2014 | Book Review
Some years ago, by chance, I turned on the radio and heard Amy Tan on This American Life. She was talking about a time when she had been flat broke, and how a fender-bender had brought her the exact amount of money she needed to fix her cat’s broken leg. I...
Nov 10, 2014 | Book Review
One shelf in my studio bookcase is reserved for books on writing. It is a collection made up of a few writers whose books about writing have inspired and helped me; they have fueled my writing energy and aided my craft. Mixed in with those books are some plays and...
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