Looking Closer
What’s a handheld-camera movie where the shaky-cam technique was a good idea? What’s a movie where you found yourself shouting, “Enough with the handheld camera already!” (more…) Read more
What’s a handheld-camera movie where the shaky-cam technique was a good idea? What’s a movie where you found yourself shouting, “Enough with the handheld camera already!” (more…) Read more
This just in from Laity Lodge… (more…) Read more
Know what this means? (more…) Read more
On August 23, I know what I’ll be reading. Any time a new book has this name on the cover, you can bet I’ll be reading it the day it comes out…. (more…) Read more
Sam Phillips’ Long Play experiment was one of the most rewarding experiences of 2010 for me. Phillips provided so much creative, inspiring music that I hardly had time to learn the lyrics of one album before another one arrived. The music she recorded in 2010 is still surprising and charming listeners, and this week made that clear… (more…) Read more
Here are several fingertips, poking at you until you poke at the links I’ve discovered… (more…) Read more
You never know what you’ll find in the process of open heart surgery. My wife Anne found one of her best pieces of writing… (more…) Read more
Gregory Wolfe. David Dark. Julia Kasdorf. Jill Phillips. Andy Gullahorn. And me. At one of the most beautiful spots on earth. Ready to talk with you about your writing — fiction, nonfiction, poetry, songwriting — on a weekend retreat. Will you join us September 29? Read on for details about my workshop… (more…) Read more
I heart The Seattle International Film Festival. Why? (more…) Read more
The theme of the 2011 Glen Workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico was “Acts of Attention: Art as Discovery.” It lived up to the name. (more…) Read more
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