The Constant Story

I've been doing readings and part of storytelling events in Chicago for a couple of years, but there was nothing quite like the experien...

I've been considering new ways to get people writing. Yes, there are a lot of prompts out there and some very good websites and blogs th...

I've been thinking a lot about writing spaces. I'll be moving into a new place in late January, an older home with great classic woo...

I do not profess to be an expert on poetry. But I know what I like. I'm a big fan of Billy Collins, mostly  because I appreciate his acc...

I'm a fan -- no that's not true - I'm not a fan. I am an admirer, better word, of Phillip Lopate, the great essayists and litera...

These surveys come out form time to time and always at the top is The Holy Bible. But some of the  books on this top ten list certainly, in ...

Sometimes writing is simply for discovery, writing to let it all out. Whatever IT is. It can be a cleansing process or one of wonderment. Bu...