A Meditation on Rain
A weather system is slouching towards the Northeast, throwing up waves of moisture and kicking storms in from the Atlantic. Welcome to my mediation on rain! The post A Meditation on Rain appeared first...
View ArticleThere Isn’t a Train I Wouldn’t Take
I'm on a Metro North train bound for Croton-on-Hudson where Edna St. Vincent Millay traveled ninety years before me on a literary adventure. The post There Isn’t a Train I Wouldn’t Take appeared first...
View ArticleLife as a Literary Laboratory: On Writing Well
“Becoming a writer": a phrase rife with pitfalls, rewards, angst, celebrations, despair and all emotions nameable: life as a literary laboratory is here. The post Life as a Literary Laboratory: On...
View ArticleOne Writer’s Influence: It All Leads Back to Poe
by Saxon Henry “Everything leads back to Poe,” declared Allen Ginsberg. The comment, etched on a placard in the recent exhibition Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul at The Morgan Library and Museum,...
View ArticleSax and the City: May Day NYC
by Saxon Henry New York City’s Union Square is bedlam when May Day rolls around and I normally steer clear of the area on that day each year for that reason. Last year, I didn’t have a choice but to...
View ArticleHurricane Katrina: an Affirmation of Life
31. Friday, August 29th, is the anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina pillaged New Orleans, the approaching date reminding me of an elderly fisherman named Harvey who had tried to outrun the...
View ArticleA Consideration of Noise: Jangle Unchained
A bell clangs at the Catholic church in Siquirres, Costa Rica, as the priest chants into a microphone, the words reverberating into the streets. Welcome to Jangle Unchained! The post A Consideration of...
View ArticleA Personal History with Fire
Also defying explanation in my mind were the crosses burning on the lawns of African American families in my community at the time, the flaming symbols of hatred unsettling as we drove past them on...
View ArticleThe Writer’s Notebook: Creating Another Context
A writer’s notebook is one of the most important tools in an author’s arsenal; looking back in mine, I find Bruce Weber writing about Richard Ford. The post The Writer’s Notebook: Creating Another...
View ArticleRainy Morning, Feather Floating
This is the latest post in my pillow book, inspired by Sei Shōnagon's book; do you have a favorite rainy morning quote you'd like to share? The post Rainy Morning, Feather Floating appeared first on...
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