August 6, 2019
Last semester I taught an undergraduate course on crime noir, including films, radio programs, readings, and (of course) writing.
Upon reflection, I think there were five things that the students realized—“lessons” about this genre and perhaps even life—along with wha...
June 11, 2018
Writers are numerically confused and quantitatively torn—or maybe just hypocritical. We decry the unwillingness of people to read novels along with their affinity for Tweets. On the other hand, writers love to craft aphorisms, microessays, haikus, six-word memoirs an...
April 20, 2014
One of the challenges of being a writer is having too many interesting projects and not enough time. This is hardly the grounds for pity. Nobody feels sorry for the kid in a candy shop with a five dollar bill. And while I have a non-fiction project in the works (Beh...
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