Don’t Write Alone

Don’t Write Alone | Writing Life
On Writing (with a Day Job)

There are many kinds of writing lives, and yours includes a day job.

Jul 19, 2021
Don’t Write Alone | Notes From Class
2020 & 2021 Generator Audio Showcase

As part of their graduation showcase, our 12-month generator students have been given the option to read, record, and share an excerpt of their projects.

Jul 16, 2021
Don’t Write Alone | Where We Write
Where Jami Nakamura Lin Writes

That’s what my own process of writing, and living, is like: trying to conserve, redirect, and restore my energy in the most fruitful way.

Jul 15, 2021
Don’t Write Alone | Writing Life
The Joy of Writing Got Me Through the Pandemic

I decided I was going to write something just for me, something I loved, to keep me company during the hard, lonely months of 2020.

Jul 15, 2021
Don’t Write Alone | Notes From Class
The Best Books I Read in 2020

The best books I read weren’t reviewed in the ‘Times’ or on hold at the library or stacked in a TBR pile. They were in my inbox.

Jul 14, 2021
Don’t Write Alone | Writing Life
My Heart Is a Bibliography: On Being a Writer Without a University Degree

A part of me fears that my writing community will take me less seriously if they find out my highest academic honor is a high school diploma.

Jul 13, 2021
Don’t Write Alone | Columns
The Poetry of Comics: A Conversation With Johnny Damm, Author of ‘The Science of Things Familiar’

“I’m a writer who uses a scanner, an X-Acto knife, and the library.”

Jul 12, 2021
Don’t Write Alone | Where We Write
Where Kendra James Writes

After a month of writing in the passenger seat of my Honda Fit, I said “fuck it” and started writing in the bathroom.

Jul 7, 2021
Don’t Write Alone | Free Write
Remember, You Are in Conversation

When I’m feeling stuck and lonely, I try to remember that I’m in conversation with the world—that I am alive in it and it is alive through me.

Jul 6, 2021