Bad Writing 101, Starring Me
I’m a hoarder, I’ll admit. Whenever I see hoarders on cable, they sound delusional while they wax romantic about literal pieces of trash. In like fa...
Category: writing
On Having Too Many Books
The yelling echoed throughout my skull. I’ve bought too many books. I won’t read them, they’ll lie around collecting dust. I’ve wasted m...
Teaching Writing When You Yourself Don’t Know How to Write
1. Supposedly, Thomas Mann said that writing is more difficult for writers than other people. I wouldn’t know, as I can’t find the essay where the q...
On learning of The Situation’s arrest in a tanning salon (or: Archaïscher Torso Apollos II)
for Ricky McAlister; recommended reading Not the beauty of a sonnet’s lines, forming quietly. Nor the excitement of a campaign speech, exploding wildly. I...