“After the Goldrush”
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore–
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over–
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
~Langston Hughes
I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to write about […]
The setting that keeps cropping up in my writing is the town where my dad grew up and where my grandparents lived. I’ll just say it’s in the Northwest, and this is where I learned my severe fear of rattlesnakes. That’s me with my brother and grandparents up above.
The town looks like this:
Here’s a funny […]
Winner of the 2006 Iowa Short Fiction Award
I was thrilled when Jim Tomlinson announced he’d been awarded the 2006 Iowa Short Fiction Award for his collection, THINGS KEPT, THINGS LEFT BEHIND. Jim is one of the most generous writers I know — not just with the time and support he offers his colleagues, but […]
Before I get to the question of the week, I want to show you Lance’s brilliant new digs.
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Okay, here’s your question: For all of you writers, artists, photographers, and people captured by a certain place on the map, would you tell me about the setting that keeps cropping up in your work?
And unrelated, but I’m […]
Writer’s Relief is one of those writer’s services I’ve heard about but not quite understood. So when I found out that Mark Hughes has actually used this service, I asked him to give me the run-down so I could share the information with all of you. If any of you have experience with them, good […]
I have this belief that we are always every age we’ve ever been. We are who we are now, but we are also all the various forms we’ve taken in life - the shy one, the one who tackled the boys and kissed them, the one who didn’t comb her hair, the fibber, and so […]
Marcy Dermansky’s novel TWINS is filled with secrets - maybe the kind you remember keeping when you were in high school.
Identical twins Sue and Chloe, both feel the pain of being a teenager in a home where parents are too busy to provide comfort. But one’s emotional survival depends on clinging to the safety […]
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