No, alas, I haven’t persuaded Alice Friman, one of the best poets on the planet, to post on my blog. I haven’t even had the unmitigated gall to ask her. What I did do is have the fantabulous good fortune to go to a poetry…
Category: Writing
When I was little, my mother took me to a re-release of BAMBI. Thumper recited a poem with a funny ending and said, “I made that last part up myself.” I said, “He can’t do that!” Mom said, “Somebody made up this movie. They got…
Bad Writing: “It is not serious, and it does not tell the truth.” — Eudora Welty Whenever there is an easy way to do something — and do it right — by all means prefer the easy way. – R. V. Cassill The job of…