Going Deep with De Profundis

بواسطة | نوفمبر 19, 2024 | Uncategorized

An appreciation of Oscar Wilde Appreciation begins with understanding.I hadn’t appreciated quite to what extent until I visited Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum after reading Laura Cumming’s transcendent memoir Thunderclap. She wrote — lovingly, evocatively...

Poems for Two Tuesdays

بواسطة | نوفمبر 12, 2024 | Uncategorized

For all the storms that comeOn Tuesday, October 29, my home near Valencia, Spain, was lashed with the most extraordinary storm I’ve ever experienced. More than 220 people died. Associated Press: Unprecedented Floods in Spain As the scope of the tragedy began to sink...

Election Day Special: Envoys

بواسطة | نوفمبر 5, 2024 | Uncategorized

International humanities and social sciences journalHaving just weathered the storm of a lifetime, I await the election outcome with a similar sense of dread and urgency. Urgency, not dread, must drive our actions. Hence why I’ve chosen today to announce the launch of...

Writer's Read: Bird by Bird

بواسطة | أكتوبر 29, 2024 | Uncategorized

Anne Lamott, 1994Key wordsWriting, writer’s craft, creative writing, narrative writing, writing teacher, books about writing, writer’s life, personal writing, writing for beginnersLast week, I wrote about Steve Almond’s shiny new tome Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the...

Writer's Read: Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow

بواسطة | أكتوبر 22, 2024 | Uncategorized

Steve Almond, 2024Key wordsWriting, writer’s craft, creative writing, narrative writing, writing teacher, practical writing advice, personal essays, short stories, fiction writing Craft books aren’t supposed to make you cry, are they?Steve Almond’s DIY Manual for the...