The Fall offers storytelling lessons valuable to all writers and artists, which is one reason I’m repeatedly drawn to its magic and wonder.
“The Fall”: A Storytelling Masterpiece of Epic Proportions Read More »
The Fall offers storytelling lessons valuable to all writers and artists, which is one reason I’m repeatedly drawn to its magic and wonder.
The poet is that kid who, standing in the corner with his back turned to his schoolmates, thinks he is in paradise.
“The Trouble with Poetry,” by Charles Simic Read More »
The poet is that kid who, standing in the corner with his back turned to his schoolmates, thinks he is in paradise.
The other side of the window:
two chubby gods build their lives
with jollof rice and sparkling water.
“Window,” by D.M. Aderibigbe Read More »
The other side of the window:
two chubby gods build their lives
with jollof rice and sparkling water.
“Unless one practices medicine or works with medical literature, one is unlikely to encounter the enormous mass of words used to describe the things that go wrong with us. But the words are out there, multisyllabic and waiting.”
To Describe Our World: An Interview with Kevin O’Rourke Read More »
“Unless one practices medicine or works with medical literature, one is unlikely to encounter the enormous mass of words used to describe the things that go wrong with us. But the words are out there, multisyllabic and waiting.”
All day long Polina sat anxiously waiting in her neighbors’ apartment, with its cracked windowpanes and boiling sausages, filled wall to wall with beds, piles of clothing, and damp water buckets sweating into towels.
“Surrounded,” by Zhanna Slor Read More »
All day long Polina sat anxiously waiting in her neighbors’ apartment, with its cracked windowpanes and boiling sausages, filled wall to wall with beds, piles of clothing, and damp water buckets sweating into towels.
