Poet, Writer, Instructor
Why Recycle? It’s a good thing my grandmother decided not to make lamps from the spent brass shell casings she found near her cabin in the Mojave Desert, a few miles from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. She had quite a collection built up before a friend told her that some of… Continue reading Sticks and Stones: Memoirs About the Writing Life
I own more books than I know what to do with. I trip over them, kicking them across the floor; I find them in the dust under the furniture (“so that’s where Lord of the Flies went!”) I had a Kindle for a while, thinking it would help reduce my piles of books, but… Continue reading Sticks and Stones: Memoirs About the Writing Life
Write Like a Kid I have the two latest California Poets in the Schools anthologies on my desk: If the Sky Was My Heart (2014) and Sing to the Heart of the Forest (2013). The more I read them, the more I understand why I read them, and why I, and everyone who reads… Continue reading Sticks and Stones: Memoirs About the Writing Life
Happy 2015! I wish all of you a prosperous and creative New Year. Thanks also to everyone who takes the time to read this blog. Let’s kick off January with a post about writing book reviews. The Art of the Review In the Sunday, December 28, 2014 edition of the New York Times… Continue reading Sticks and Stones: Memoirs About the Writing Life