Ladies and Gentlemen: We have arrived! [Interlochen hosts students from all over the world.] Tomorrow: Department meeting, campus walk, explore nearby Traverse City.
We loaded up just after sunrise but before staring the car I had to take Gus on a final walk. Twenty minutes through sunrise heading uphill into the Pisgah National Forest made for a fantastic [...]
I could tell you about Brady Udall’s craft lecture on fixed, received, and moving action in stories. Or I could tell you about Pam Houston’s powerhouse discussion of metaphor, memory, trauma, and [...]
Doug Anderson is full of Vietnam slang, facts, heartbreak and reality. He can rock it in poetry, in memoir, and in novel. He’s doing what’s been done but he’s doing it in a way that most writers [...]
It’s hard to put Day 3 into words if for nothing else than the fact that I’m exhausted. But it began with silent reading about the great lakes region. I read in bed in my pajamas, the heaving [...]
She steps up to the podium unassuming—always—but those of us who have seen Claire speak know what’s coming. This woman, this 5’ 5” woman from the flatlands of Wisconsin, can unleash wisdom and [...]
My favorite moment is this: Dean Hayes walking into the bar with his hand outstretched, saying: “Hey! It’s the award-winning writer.” He’s good like that. It’s his job to know these things. My [...]
What if we spent our days walking through the kitchen, along the sidewalk, or down the grocery aisle as though we had just stepped off the plane into a much-loved land? Walking in Southeast [...]
It’s my last night in North Carolina before this “year or two on the road” technically begins. The obvious question is: How did I get here? First, I was laid off from my part-time job slinging [...]
Another cold front blew in Saturday morning with 3-5” of snow predicted for the high country. I left Celo early for the house on Fork Mountain, hoping to hike up and open the taps to keep the [...]
