When your job is to sweat the small stuff, it can be overwhelming. The reality is that amid deadlines, you usually have to prioritize.
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Every once in a while, there is an important edit that anyone could make. The rest of the time is when you earn your keep as an editor.
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Someone asked, “Why does everything have to be about race?” Increasingly, my answer is, “Because everything *is* about race.”
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It’s okay to let language stretch and breathe. It has always done so anyway without asking for our permission.
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I’m writing this for me. By any of today’s guidelines and metrics, it’s too long. But it feels like the right way to take stock of my career.
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An opinion piece about chores and spirituality put me in mind of a time when I found a connection between seemingly unrelated things.
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You’d probably want to avoid modeling almost anything in your life after anything in “Lucky Hank” except maybe some writing tips.
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This quote delivered by Philip Seymour Hoffman in his role as rock critic Lester Bangs remains my favorite line from “Almost Famous.”
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This story the day after Nanci Griffith’s death will always be incomplete, because how can I tell you about the 10-year-old friend I never had?
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I wrote a poem about the last Blockbuster still in operation, but it’s also about returning to a time gone by and maybe even a flame that still flickers.
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