I’m heading to Tampa, Florida for the Associated Writing Programs conference. The AWP is a gathering of writers from college creative writing departments across the
Tag: The Writing Life
T.C. Boyle and I Talk About Sex and More Sex and More Sex…
T. C. Boyle is one of our own southern California writers, and is an international figure. You can’t pin him down, can’t pigeonhole him. One
Journal Writing 2
The one thing about keeping a journal–your subconscious leaks onto the page. That is, if you let it, which you should. This means dealing with
The Writer’s Life: Journal Writing
My first girlfriend, Nancy, gave me a journal when we were in high school. That was in 1977. Forty-one years later, I now have forty-five
“Nighttime Reading With Marcos: Pablo Neruda”
This is a special segment of TWB podcast, called Nighttime Reading with Marcos. I read every night, and sometimes, when I’m really getting into it,
TWB Podcast: What Is Aesthetics? And Why Should a Writer Care?
In class, we talk a lot about aesthetics, or the study of art–both appreciating it and creating it. It’s something the writer (the literary writer)