June 18, 2018
What is it About Some Writing that Makes Us Gasp?
What is that sharp inhale, then heart flutter, then shot of warmth, then some kind of quiet in me when I read genius writing, that high I stalk again and […]
June 8, 2018
The Quest for the Enchanted Writing Tip
Many writers spend their whole careers chasing that enchanted writing tip that will make them extraordinary, and there’s certainly no shortage of craft advice. Some authors (I’m looking at you, […]
November 30, 2017
Because That’s Real Life: An Evening with Margaret Atwood
On November 16, Margaret Atwood, the grande dame of all things literary (and of dystopian nightmares that have revealed themselves to be unnervingly prescient) graced Cleveland with her presence at […]
July 16, 2016
These Writer Types Are a Scream: Songs about Writing
In the mood to listen to music about writing? In a matter of seconds, the wondrous Internet will pull up a list of 95 songs about writing, books, or authors. […]
August 30, 2014
What About Foghat? (Part 3 of 3)
Perhaps the most balletic and unexpected of these is the essay’s final leap from the best of literature (which we are able to enjoy in the solitude necessitated by illness) […]
August 26, 2014
What About Foghat? (Part 2 of 3)
I wonder what poems, stories and novels you are thinking of now? As I have read and re-read Woolf’s essay, I have gotten up, thinking I’ve remembered where to find […]
August 25, 2014
What About Foghat? (Part 1 of 3)
In her essay “On Being Ill” Virginia Woolf ponders (and wanders through) the major themes of literature—jealousy, love, war—and the writers who have taught us how to speak on these […]