Novels, Site Plans, and other Miracles
Sean MurphyHow does one go about creating a literary arts center? If I had a magic wand, I could take this And this. …
A Writer’s Residency: What is the Why?
I was happy to come across this excellent essay, “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love my Writing Group” by Kaethe Schwehn (courtesy of the indispensable Lit Hub, a…
Poem: Where the Hell is Shafi Hadi? (Revisited)
(*Saxophone player Shafi Hadi, born Curtis Porter, is best-known for his association with jazz legend Charles Mingus, and played on the seminal recording Mingus Ah Um, from 1959. He dropped…
The Problem with the Homeless Problem
There is a man who sits near the pumps at the gas station I drive by each day. The man is very obviously from somewhere else and has about him…
He’s Martin Amis…and We’re Not
Reading Martin Amis's non-fiction is like riding in a plane. As you cruise over miniaturized skyscrapers, crop circles, mountains, even oceans, you recognize—and remember—how tiny and insignificant your own piece…