Category Archives: Uncategorized

Cry Out In Anguish

Posted on July 21, 2012 by anenewrites

So many millions of words have been spoken about the need for gun control, for the end to violent movies and games, or for censoring songs that degrade the other, or call for mayhem. The debate will likely surge in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

The Writer Exits

Posted on June 24, 2012 by anenewrites

Is there any connection between the creative imagination and depression? Suicide? What prompts an artist to decide that death is the answer? July 2, 2012 marks 51 years since the Nobel Laureate Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death. In 1984, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Thank you, Terry Gross!

Posted on May 29, 2012 by anenewrites

A few weeks ago, I heard an interview on NPR’s Fresh Air between Terry Gross and the poet Marie Howe. I’d never heard of Howe…but the poems she read on the air were riveting. I was equally captivated by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Marie Howe, NPR, Poetry, Terry Gross, The Good Thief, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time, What The Living Do | Leave a comment

Now…Who Was I?

Posted on April 16, 2012 by anenewrites

Ours is a time of hyper-distractibility. Don’t have a smartphone? How do you get your texts? Send your instant photos? Check email, the weather, stocks? How do you know how far you’ve walked since noon? Which way is west? How … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Battle for Brooklyn, Bosnia, Brian Turner, Buffalo Soldiers, Gloryland, Here Bullet, Hulu, Iraq, Michael Galinsky, Missouri Humanities Council, Phantom Noise, Poet Laureate, Pogo, Shelton Johnson, St. Louis Humanities Festival, Suki Hawley, UMSL, University of Missouri St. Louis, Warrior Writers, Washington University in St. Louis, Webster University, Yosemite | Leave a comment

Faith and Proof

Posted on March 26, 2012 by anenewrites

This past weekend I spoke to a chapter of the Missouri Writers Guild, a group that goes by the name of Saturday Writers. In case you live near St. Louis, they meet the last Saturday of the month in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anne Lamott, Bird By Bird, book review, fantasy, Missouri, Missouri Writers Guild, Publishing, Saturday Writers, small press, St. Peters | 2 Comments