We need to define, and vigorously defend, the line between art and politics.
Blog Posts on Writing and Authors
I Can’t Teach You to Write
What I can inspire, if not teach, is the appetite for putting words down on the page that has been my theme and my salvation since I was a child.
Change of Pace: My Master’s Horse
I’m going to treat you—and it will be a treat—to bits and pieces of what I really want to write.
Clearing Out
As I put my files, copies of the originals at Duke, into boxes for the shredder, I glance at a few that came as such pleasant surprises when I first found them eight or nine years ago.
Treason on Stage
It was Ezra Pound’s personal story of committing treason against the U.S. during World War Two and his even longer-lasting treason against the three women who loved him that drove me to writing this play.
Next Comes
I like to write about risk… and risk, by its very nature, seems best suited to shorter forms.
The Delights of Research
There is nothing like opening a file box, with some unknown’s penciled label at the top, and diving into an absolutely unpredictable collection of letters, notes, interviews—anything Doris Duke, in my case, decided to save.
“The Swan” Launches!
I am so grateful to all my readers and potential readers and I look forward to being in touch with each and every one of you.
Zoom the Miracle and a Few Others
I’ve always been comfortable with what I think is my healthy dose of vanity. Don’t we all need it to enjoy our blessings?
Brace Up
As we advance into—and, I hope, through—various stages of panic and hysteria because of the virus, I am reminded of what the British went through during the German Blitz in World War Two.