December 31, 2018
Devils, Unicorns, and Fever Dreams: My 2018 Reading List
As 2018 drew to a close and the literary internet was flooded with “Best of 2018” book lists, I noticed a fair amount of backlash against these lists—namely, that they […]
June 4, 2018
Literary Wife
A few years ago, a fellow writer and I were chatting about a famous male author when she leaned in and said, “He has a literary wife, you know.” A […]
April 9, 2018
You Can Make It Better
At my recent stay at Yaddo, I found myself reading about kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold lacquer. Once a piece is mended this way, the resulting golden […]
March 15, 2018
Write Day and Night Like You’re Running Out of Time
In one of my blog posts, I referenced a dream in which I was attending a residency in a stately mansion on a hill. That dream became reality recently when […]