Category: Story
fiction and other truths
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Last month, while Washington demonstrated its skills at epic non-compromise, I got to watch something magical unfolding in a local elementary school. Groups of fourth-graders were discussing the merits of work. The discussion was remarkable for the caliber of reasoning the students brought to the table: Is “thinking” work more valuable than “labor” work? Who…
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Here‘s a succinct little essay on electronic publishing from the Atlantic, (thank you Alan Jacobs) that I love not only for its respect for the value of copy editors, but also because it introduced me to this great quote from Colorado College librarian Steve Lawson: “Publishers are scared that the Internet is going to disintermediate their…
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Writing is easy. You just open up a vein and bleed onto the page. I’m paragraphing Moyle Q. Rice, an unparalleled professor at Utah State University who taught many things but who taught creative writing with passion and heart. I thought of him this week because someone reminded me that I have been making my…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 