Over at The Millions Michael Bourne (the writer, not the center fielder) has an essay this week called “Magical Thinking: Talent and the Cult of Craft.” Lots of great comments and thinking come after his pretty thoughtful exploration of the question […]
Not the Marriage Plot: On Men Reading Novels in the 21st Century
Here’s what I think about at some point of every day: What is going on in this world that would lead so many men far, far away from reading modern literary novels? I’ve written here at this blog and in […]
A Click Away: Where the Good Stuff Is
We go to people’s websites and blogs following a link from somewhere else. Usually we don’t so much read an article, post, or essay as we absorb it. I have to tell myself to slow down ten times a day […]
Read “Nirvana” – An Esquire short story by Adam Johnson
Rarely do I bump into a short story in a mainstream publication that knocks my socks off. The last time that happened was about twelve years ago when I read Anthony Doerr’s “The Hunter’s Wife” in The Atlantic (that was […]
Notes on the Heart of Darkness: Ex-Urban Wildernesses
When someone speaks knowingly of a heart of darkness somewhere, understand that they don’t realize this heart is only an opening or an entrance into something that is hard to understand. Inside a real heart of darkness there are dimensions. […]
PsyPress UK Literary Review: Beyond the Will of God
My psychedelic novel, Beyond the Will of God, was reviewed by the Psychedelic Press UK — a book review site that does exactly what you’d think it does. Here’s a snippet from the review: “Very few novels come across the review desk of […]
2013…(The Merman Turns Again): My Undercover Soundtrack
I’ve got a guest post called “Sex, Drugs, Metaphysics, and Rock ‘n’ Roll” over at Roz Morris’s website My Memories of a Future Life. It’s a quick-read, but provides a tour of some of the recordings that influenced me as I worked […]
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