Kurt Vonnegut: American, veteran, scholar, pacifist, satirist, humanist, author. Masochist? In Palm Sunday—a collection of short stories, essays, speeches and letters published in 1981—Vonnegut applied letter grades to his past books, some of them seemingly harsh. It was written as … Continue reading
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” Arthur Schopenhauer After living in three different countries, I can see that people everywhere have something in common. Many of their beliefs are … Continue reading
You’re a great writer. Your characters aren’t as three-dimensional as I’d like. Like, your details are so good! I cried. More of this. I can really relate to _____. It’s just a suggestion, but… I think I get it. Does … Continue reading
Every morning, as I sit down to have a bowl of cereal, I open up an issue of Poets & Writers and get informed about what’s up in the national writing community. Also, I prepare to feel a little bit … Continue reading
Not all writing is equal. It is not equal in genre, in style, in technicality. Some writing is akin to a mental assault, such as when one attempts to take a song’s lyrics and translate it into an epic novel, … Continue reading