My book traveled to France without me
I think it’s having a good time. (Photo is of the wonderful Laurie Mittelmann, co-director of the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space)
Writer, with Kids: Sarah Gilbert
Sarah Gilbert, author of essays in the Water~Stone Review, Oregon Humanities, Stealing Time Magazine and the upcoming anthology from Creative Nonfiction, “True Stories of the Sultry South and Women Behaving Badly.” Sliding into Place: on writing and mothering I …
Life like I thought it would be
I went to a reading last night and did something potentially foolish: I brought the entire family with me. Two kids, ages seven and three, at a literary reading. What could possibly go wrong, yeah? The event listing read: “If …
Writer, with Kids: Steve Edwards
Steve Edwards, author of: Breaking into the Backcountry, a memoir about his seven months of solitude in southern Oregon’s Rogue River canyon Age of Kid: He’ll be four this summer What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like …
Home
I’ve been back from New York for over two weeks already. I keep meaning to sit down and write this post and somehow it never gets done. A great pile of things I mean to do or need to do …
Writer, with Kids: Shane Jones Revisited
Shane Jones was kind enough to take part in this series as its first “Writer, with Fetus.” His son has since been born, and Shane’s had a while to navigate the transition to the life of a writer/parent. I’m very …
Writer, with Kids: Kasey Leavitt
Kasey Leavitt, author of: Immaculate, a novel, and several short stories. Am just now sending them out into the world. Ages of kids: 4 and 1 What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has …
Preparing to leave
This time next week I’ll be on the red-eye to New York to attend Book Expo America. I’ve never been away from the kids before. Look at these faces. How could I possibly leave these faces? I adore them. I’ll …
The video that made me cry today
Members of Colectivo piloto made this video from footage they shot while visiting NYC and the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space last summer. If you’re even remotely interested in the history of activism on the Lower East Side, the history …
Writer, with Fetus: Kashana Cauley
Kashana Cauley, author of: online short stories in Tin House and Juked, and soon-in-print stories in Esquire and Redivider. I just completed a novel about a lead singer’s attempt to sink his band’s fourth album and am working on another …