"Writing a book takes time and money. I’d like consumers—whether they’re friends, family or otherwise—to treat writers with the same respect as other workers and artists who produce a product." Read More
"I was on the road for two months circumnavigating North Amerika and doing book readings every night and spending the royalty money on junk food, alcohol, and lingerie." Read More
"The best artists explore form’s elasticity, sensitive to how far they can stretch it before the work fails." Read More
"Lately, my maternal fantasies have become almost as frequent as my homicidal ones." Read More
"Today, I acknowledge that no one else is responsible for my happiness, including God. So now, I’m wondering why God exists, or why I exist for that matter."
This month’s “Banal and Profane” column comes to us from writer Nik Nicholson. Read More
"I’m currently living in a small town in central Illinois, finishing up the second year of a visiting teaching gig at a small liberal arts college. I moved here from Chicago, where I had everyday access to queer community. Things are much different now." Read More
"A parking ticket in the morning always feels portentous. Is this going to be a 'bad day?' or, since it’s Monday, a bad week? As if there were such a thing. I eat good food, I hang out with friends. But a parking ticket is the flash of a hex." Read More
"When I was younger I read a lot of books about how to write--or more specifically How to Be A Writer-- and they were so, so bad for me. I think they set me back like ten or fifteen years as a writer; I didn't need to find my creativity, I just needed to quit romanticizing and write." Read More
"After hanging out last night, I struggle to rouse myself from bed at the appointed 8 o’clock hour. Susan Sontag said something about this being the latest possible moment she should wake up in order to have a productive writing day. But then again, she also had her son stand by her typewriter and change her ashtrays while she typed and chain-smoked. I’m not going to have children because they cost too much, but I think that if I did have some, they should earn their keep by doing useful things." Read More
"There is a certain level of exhaustion moving from city to city and experiencing the same challenges. It’s as though all of our cities are becoming monolithic representations of so many systematic ills, becoming indistinguishable from each other."
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