What Writers Talk about When We Talk about Rejection
In Wes Anderson’s Rushmore (still his masterpiece, in my humble opinion, though I retain a soft spot for Bottle Rocket, which I wrote about almost exactly ten years ago), hangdog extraordinaire Herman Blume (still Bill Murray’s best role, in my not-so-humble...
Building a Better Writers Residency
Amanda Petrusich is a writer I greatly admire, and her latest piece for The New Yorker, “Why Artists Need Oddball Residencies,” is timely and most welcome. Petrusich’s thesis is clear: no matter how outlandish these residencies have become, they’re important. I agree....
VCLA in the Fairfax County Times
I’m very grateful for the growing excitement around Virginia Center for Literary Arts. (VCLA.) This week, we were featured in the Fairfax County Times (text below). Want to get involved? Join our newsletter, like us on Facebook, consider hosting an event, or...
This Old House or, The VCLA Walking Tour
I’ve had the opportunity to peruse these buildings –inside and out– during the ideal days of mid-autumn, many times during the snow, rain, and forbidding chill of deep winter, and, being Virginia, we skipped spring and slipped right into summer. At...
VCLA: On the Air @95.3 The River
It was my great pleasure to be interviewed as the featured guest on 95.3 The River’s “Tourism Tuesday,” along with Winchester “Tourism Dude” Justin Kerns and Janet Michael, the hostess with the mostess. I had the opportunity to talk about...
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