The Great Writing Adventure Begins
The next chapter starts tomorrow: a move to Pittsburgh, a new job, and two years to reignite my writing career.
Fitzgerald, in Volumes
Whenever I see Fitzgerald in the bookstore, I can’t but recall fondly how his books taught me to write.
Why I Write: Mariah Ivey
Indianapolis poet, spoken word artist, and MC Mariah Ivey is our first guest on the new series “Why I Write.”
207. STEPHEN KING: The desk
If that sounds bad the best I can offer is that it is not. Those swells remind me that whatever part of me is broken, there is another part that isn’t.
“To This Day”
Shane Koyczan “To This Day” http://www.tothisdayproject.com Help this message have a far reaching and long lasting effect in confronting bullying. Please share generously.
Ten Years, or My New Job
Larry Lessig once said he liked to work on a problem for ten years before moving on. I’ve been teaching for eleven. And so it’s time to move on. Here’s what is next.
So Far Appalachia: The Myth of the Rural, White Working Class + Voting Against Their Self Interest
After two hundreds years, the choice between the do-gooder who ends up stealing you money and the asshole who doesn’t care whether you live or die is pretty simple: I’ll take the asshole every time
By Acclamation
We must find a way to create spaces for women where they are free to push and explore the boundaries of what they can do. A note on what I’ve heard this weekend.
CATCH in Cincinnati Magazine
We tell ourselves that sports teaches valuable lessons. But what does that actually mean? As the Florence Freedom prepare to host the Frontier League’s Y’All-Star game, author Brad King explores those questions with the independent league baseball players.
Catch: Because I Never Had This (Zach Taylor)
Zach, 25, only played baseball for three years. His parents were divorced, and he didn’t really have anyone around to teach him the game. More than a decade later, he bought season tickets to the Pirates. This is why he did that. Follow the book…
Catch: The End of the Road (Liam Coghlan)
Liam Coghlan, 26, is facing the end of his baseball career after an ACL injury in college. Because of that, he started Diamond and a Dream at The Vandal, an organization that will use baseball to help teach kids about life. Still, I asked went…
Catch: The Base Hit (John Webb III)
John W. Webb III, sixty-eight, loves baseball. I asked him about his favorite childhood memory of baseball, and what he thinks he learned from that moment.