How To

How To | Shop Talk
How a New York Times Bureau Chief Wrote His Memoir

Eat your meals standing up. Don’t sneak onto Mt. Kilimanjaro.

May 15, 2017
How To | Turning Points
Writing About Marriage When You Want to Stay Married

“I am posting a bulletin from the sanctuary behind that closed bedroom door.”

Apr 24, 2017
How To | Turning Points
The First Time I Got Paid to Write

My first screenwriting gig, a skateboarding chimpanzee, and a hospital cancer ward.

Mar 24, 2017
How To | Shop Talk
When I Think About Giving Up Writing

I was happy raising my kid, living my life without worrying about writing.

Mar 20, 2017
How To | Turning Points
Losing My Voice and Finding It

In the quiet forced upon me, I started to hear the voices of other selves.

Feb 15, 2017
How To | End It Now?
When Depression Is the Third In Your Relationship

Helium balloons, magic robot fairies, and dangerous myths about love.

How To | Ritual
A Conversation About Poetry and Tarot

“Both tarot and poems know what they know. Both have an ancient memory.”

Feb 8, 2017
How To | Resist
In Praise of the Salon: Field Notes for the Aspiring Bluestocking

I witnessed how easily art might braid to politics, how easily fellowship might inspire movement.

Jan 25, 2017