January 2023 I will be 75 years old. I’ve been writing since second grade. Fifth grade poetry club. Junior high editor of a mimeographed journal. High school creative writing club. College took the most serious turn when I wanted to read books about me, while at the same time being …
Dear Kandace,* Your latest post has gotten me to ponder my own “collective” musings. Including some quips regarding my most recent experience of buying and renovating an “as is” townhome I call t-Rex. I had given away almost all of my thrifted and gifted furnishings, art, etc. from my previous …
Modern History Press welcomes professors to request “exam” copies. https://www.modernhistorypress.com/exam-copies/ So-called “creative writing” classes are highly politicized spaces, but no one says so; to acknowledge this obvious fact would be to up-end the aesthetics, cultural politics (ideology) and economics on which most educational institutions are founded. How Dare We! Write, …
Contributors to How Dare We! Write read their own works! “This book turned out to be unlike any writing reference book I have read. Of the thirty-odd writing books in my collection, many have spoken to my identity as one who loves the written word, as a recovering perfectionist, as …
