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Dani Shapiro on the Pleasures and Perils of Writing and the Creative Life

Dani Shapiro on the Pleasures and Perils of Writing and the Creative Life

“It is in the thousands of days of trying, failing, sitting, thinking, resisting, dreaming, raveling, unraveling that we are at our most engaged, alert, and alive.”

Coleridge, Plagiarist

Coleridge, Plagiarist

How to walk the fine line between unconscious borrowing and deliberate theft.

Duke Ellington’s Artistry and Artifice: How the Jazz Icon Engineered His Own Image

Duke Ellington’s Artistry and Artifice: How the Jazz Icon Engineered His Own Image

“Ellington [was] a combination of Sir Galahad, Scrooge, Don Quixote, and God knows what other saints and sinners that were apt to pop out of his ever-changing personality.”

Ray Bradbury on How List-Making Can Boost Your Creativity

Ray Bradbury on How List-Making Can Boost Your Creativity

How to feel your way toward something honest, hidden under the trapdoor on the top of your skull.

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