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Investigations into Inspiration

Whenever I talk with a writer, I talk process. How people make art fascinates me. I’m not one of those struggling authors searching for a magic bullet, some tip or secret that another writer’s stumbled on that I too can adopt and so solve all my writing woes. (And I tell ya’, woe is is [...]

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What This Teaches Us about That

A few years ago I realized that my writing, teaching, and practice of yoga shared certain underlying tenets. In each, action requires confidence and intention. A surety of presence is required to achieve grace, whether that presence manifests across the page, in the classroom, or on a yoga mat. Strength calls for flexibility. A sense [...]

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Interview with Karen Russell

I had the good fortune of interviewing Karen Russell a couple of weeks ago, one of my favorite contemporary writers. She jumped out at me from the Best American Short Stories of 2007, edited by an author it turns we both love, Stephen King. Her short story collection, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by [...]

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End of Year Essays on The Huffington Post

I wrote two pieces to close out 2010 on HuffPo. The first, The Real Magic of Parenting Doesn’t Happen on Christmas, arose from feeling compassion toward my parents because of my experiences with Mr. F. The time I’m spending with him is transformative—watching him grow and develop language and personality, finding my voice as a [...]

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Open Letter to Cathie Black

In my latest essay on The Huffington Post, An Open Letter to Cathie Black, I give the former chairwoman of Hearst Magazines some advice about navigating her transition to heading New York City’s Department of Education. Some years ago I made a similar career change, though at a lower level—from producer of Hearst magazine websites [...]

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