‘I Haven’t Had a New Idea in a Year. How Do I Think Again?’
It’s not “again” but “anew.”
2021 in Letters: The Reading in Review
A round-up of The Reading in 2022.
On difficulty in poetry
Three kinds of difficulty.
‘Does My Poetry Have to Be Difficult to Be Real?’
You can have what you want, and should.
‘How Do I Write If I Never Finish Anything?’
You've got to interrupt the "plan first, work later" mentality.
The Writing: Going back to where it started
Today is the last edition of The Writing. Starting next week, I am releasing, instead, one more letter a month just for paid subscribers like you.
Postscript: On cultural capitalism and talent
‘What If I’m Just Missing…Talent?’
You are missing something, but it's not what you think.
The Writing: When are you going to get a real job?
There was a point in time that I assumed that writing was just one job: to get the thoughts down and out. But as so many reader letters reflect here at The Reading, art is at least two jobs. The first is to resist; the second is to make.
The Writing: Antiracism and the classroom
My fundamental work in the classroom is building a new trust for my students, however it is they have lost trust in their own power.
