December 1, 2017
On Mitski, Anne Carson and failure
Sitting at my desk trying to focus, trying to write, I keep going back to two interviews. The first, by the amazing musician Mitski (check out Bury Me at Makeout […]
July 9, 2016
Embracing Failure in a City of Champions
On the day Cleveland celebrated the Cavaliers bringing home a championship for the first time in half a century, I stood at the windows on the third floor of the […]
April 3, 2016
Killing the Butterfly: Facing Failure on the Page
Ann Patchett has this wonderful analogy that compares the writing process to murdering a butterfly. I heard her share this in person years ago at one of her events, and […]
December 27, 2015
An End In Itself
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. — Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho I’ve been thinking about failure all month, ever since I wrote about it in the […]