‘I Haven’t Had a New Idea in a Year. How Do I Think Again?’
It’s not “again” but “anew.”
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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.
‘What If I’m Just Missing…Talent?’
You are missing something, but it's not what you think.
‘Someone Else Published My Idea. Now What?’
This situation reflects your hopes and fears.
‘How Do You Write About Joy?’
It’s about finding presence enough to be here.
Postscript: On finding one’s own measures (Part 1)
Letter: ‘What’s an “Emerging” Writer and How Do I Become One?’ There are, obviously, milestones that signal to others that one has “made it” as a writer. There are also, less obviously, the
‘What’s an “Emerging” Writer and How Do I Become One?’
Welcome back to The Reading, radical empathy for writers with Yanyi. Last month, paid subscribers received the following: * The postscript to today’s letter: On finding one’s own measures (Part 1 – My first
