The Common Reader Interviews Sophfronia Scott
Writer Michaella A. Thornton of The Common Reader: A Journal of the Essay recently interviewed Sophfronia Scott about her book Love's Long Line. She writes: In 2016, I was [...]
For Memoir: You Can Research Your Life
In my new "Morning Walk" video I'm at Harvard, on the banks of the Charles River, discussing how it is possible--and a wonderful thing--to [...]
On Revision: A River Runs Through It
Today’s video isn’t a “how to” on revision. Let’s talk about a way to think about revision. I often find that if I know [...]
How Magnetic Is Your Writing “Why?”
Today's video continues a conversation I started yesterday when I asked, "Why do you write?" I hope you came up with an answer because [...]
Question: Why Do You Write?
A new video: I said last week it is a crazy thing we do, this writing. So today I'm thinking about "Why?" On this [...]
American Theater Group Stages Reading of Unforgivable Love Adaptation
This week a cast assembled by American Theater Group, a regional program based in South Orange, New Jersey, presented a staged reading of The Affairs [...]
Finding Your Writing Community
Today's video: Having a writing community helps ease the solitary nature of this creative path we've chosen. Here are a few suggestions for finding [...]
Prioritizing Your Writing
A new video: What do you need to do/change/arrange in your schedule so you can prioritize your writing and have, in the words of [...]
New Video Series: Your Morning Walk with Sophfronia
I've wanted to do a video series for a long time now. Last year my friend Debbie Phillips made a video for our Women [...]
Friends Journal Reviews This Child of Faith
Friends Journal, a publication whose mission is to communicate Quaker experience in order to connect and deepen spiritual lives, recently published a review of This Child [...]