Btw: that run an old baguette under water and then reheat in a low oven trick really does work. It’s not as good as a fresh baguette of course but better than no baguette

Maybe the best thing I can do on a rainy Sunday is put on a silk robe, sit by a window, listen to 'Misty' (piano only, no lyrics), and avoid clicking on why Mary Oliver is trending

a lot of you are not into fashion, you are into skinny bodies, athletic bodies, young people, the idea of wealth, and images of new york city

I meant to text “you have no idea” and almost texted “you have no ideas” instead, and how have I never before noticed that very thin line between chatting and devastating ha

Want to work on memoir/CNF this summer? I’m teaching a week long in-person class for StoryStudio Chicago Chicago in August! Application deadline is this Friday, 3/29. There’s also a great class in fiction with Matt Bell and in poetry with Ananda Lima. We will work AND have fun ❤️

Solo Uber Lyft through any city, looking out the window, is a particular melancholy of landscape

Love Is Blind as narrative craft was pretty good but Kate Middleton as narrative craft is even better

Priority applications due midnight (mountain) tonight! To work with T Kira Māhealani, Emily Rapp Black, Claire Messud, Alexandra Kleeman, 💐 Maurice 💐, Vanessa Hua, Amitava Kumar, 🇺🇦 Dean Bakopoulos 🇺🇦, Danielle Evans, Beth Nguyen, M. Doty, etc. this June! lighthousewriters.org/lit-fest/advan…

Often I think about how craft also begins in song lyrics and childhood, long before we’re aware. Considering this today with Lionel Richie saying, when a man’s in love he’s only got one story

These guys on Love Is Blind saying I love you because you make me feel good and strong, I love you for what you do for me. Depressing? Or actual reality?

This means 11:59 pm Pacific on March 1st (I checked). Deadline for applying for a Wisconsin Institute Fellowship for Creative Writing!

Applications are NOW OPEN for StoryStudio Chicago's StoryBoard, our weeklong August intensive (now in its 4th year)! Workshopping in a selective cohort, craft talks, and socializing...