So, I’ve begun querying agents. So far I have three letters out. I’ve been struggling to get them out amid major newspaper deadlines, and grading and commenting on student papers, a recipe for exhaustion if there ever was one. That doesn’t include making sure kids have their homework done and all of our clothes are [...]
Posts Tagged ‘creative writing’
My maple has been rained on. I have work to do.
Posted in life, tagged characters, creative writing, fiction, life, mfa, MFA Creative Writing, novel, novel in progress, writing on June 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My maple is full with red leaves and the rains from last night have left drops of water that cling and sparkle from each open leaf. They leaves look like small hands extended, holding something precious. I could look at this all day, but I have work to do. I’m working on my novel Sometimes [...]
Word of the Week
Posted in life, writing, tagged creative writing, Detroit, life, mfa, Michigan, novel, slang, word of the week, writing on September 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m starting a new thing on this here bloggy. I’m going to think about posting a word of the week and a bit about how that word has impacted my life. This week the word is “doorwall”. Those who do not hail from Michigan’s Detroit area may wonder what the hell is a “doorwall”. Let [...]
Life of a Writer
Posted in life, tagged cats, creative writing, life, mfa, writing on February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In the Spalding MFA in Creative Writing newsletter that goes out to all students, faculty and alumni from time to time there is a section called the Life of a Writer. In that section we students, and faculty and alumni, are asked to submit what we’ve done recently as writers whether it be publication, reading, [...]
Writers Reading at Sweetwaters book release celebration
Posted in family, life, poetry, tagged art, book, creative writing, family, life, mfa, poetry, publishing, reading, writer, writing on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll be reading Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Sweetwaters Cafe in Ann Arbor as part of the Writers Reading at Sweetwaters Anthology release celebration. I was invited to be a part of this wonderful project by one of the editors and Writers Reading at Sweetwaters reading series leaders Chris Lord. I had the pleasure of meeting [...]
The Sacred Art of Bathtub Poetry
Posted in poetry, tagged bathtub crayons, creative writing, poem, poet, poetry, writing, writing poetry on October 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Meditation in the Color Purple
Space shifts
You won’t feel it
not directly anyway, but
after moments pile
on top of one another
stacked into weeks
the walls will widen like lips
spreading
into a sly smile
I purchased a set of bathtub crayons for my daughter yesterday, and it made me think of a prompt I recently read on a poet friend’s blog. He [...]
My duty as a writer/reader/Italian-American
Posted in Italian-American Literature, life, poetry, writing, tagged creative writing, Dana Gioia, immigration, Italian-American writing, Italians, poetry, voice, writing on October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It was about nine years ago when I walked into a branch of the Ann Arbor Public Library to recheck a book. I had used up all my time and hadn’t finished the book. This forced me to find another book to check out. Frustrated, I looked through the shelves of fiction for anything when [...]
