Tag: novel

How to Be An American poem at Regardless of Authority

It’s December. When did that happen? December? The last month of 2013. It’s been a weird year. On the one hand it was all amazing with Vienna and Salzburg and Mozart’s house and driving up the coast of California and so much poetry written and read and heard and published and indian food and Chagall… Continue reading How to Be An American poem at Regardless of Authority

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

The title is an Einstein quote. Put on your smarty glasses kids. We’re gonna talk about Research. One of my favorite parts about writing a book is doing the research. When I was writing Lizzy I spent hours looking up mythological creatures and Shakespeare in the library. I used books like Barthe’s and the Encyclopedia… Continue reading If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

Eternal Recurrence

I’ve been reading a lot of Nietzsche lately – both his own writing as well as people writing about him. My books are filled with little post-it-notes with quotes like this: But then it [the individual] discovers that it is itself something changing and has a changing taste. It discovers in its freedom the mystery… Continue reading Eternal Recurrence

Guest Post at Consuming Worlds

So I’m over….er Jonathan Muse is over at Consuming Worlds talking about what it’s like to be a muse, what Shakespeare was really like and what that wretched Marlowe is up to. Here’s a snippet:  I know that you take being a muse very seriously, but have you ever wished to be recognized for the… Continue reading Guest Post at Consuming Worlds