Dial Me A Story
In West Concord, behind the railroad tracks and to the side of the bike path, stands a bright yellow phone booth—yes, the kind we were so used to seeing everywhere, and once upon a time used, at least those of…
Tag: poetry
Bread Sex Trees – Talking Poetry with Alix Klingenberg
Alix Klingenberg is the author of two books of poetry. She draws on the natural world, cycles, and seasons to express the light and dark within each of us. Her second book of poetry, Bread Sex Trees, was published on…
Every Day at 4:40 AM: Mary-Kim Arnold and Matthew Derby on Writing and Marriage
Mary-Kim Arnold and Matthew Derby are married writers who live in Pawtucket, RI. Mary-Kim is the author of The Fish & The Dove, a poetry collection, and Litany for the Long Moment, a book-length experimental memoir about the failed search…
Of Poetry, Sounding Good and Being Useful
I took a course called Technical Writing in grad school. The professor assigned a short manual that he had written himself as the required reading. He spent a lot of the time talking about the precision of language required to…
Why Not to Work on Your Novel
I assume if you are reading this blog, you either have been or currently are in the middle of the long slog that is writing a novel. I am. I’m in year three, and still I don’t see an end….
Sounds Like a Story: Music as a Writing Tool
Recently, I fell hard for a new song, “No Rest” by Dry the River. The song was released in 2011, but I just now discovered it, which is how a lot of things work and why it’s disappointing that some people…