at the end of last month, during labor day weekend, i conducted an intensive writing workshop for youth in washington. d.c. the program was sponsored by the national museum of women in the arts and the d.c. arts alliance. we met at the mlk jr. branch of the d.c. public library downtown. it was an [...]

austinites may have a rep for being laid-back, progressive and constant purveyors of “keeping it weird” but they are also some money-grubbing, enterprising mofos. events like sxsw, acl and imminent hurricanes on the gulf coast bring out the “entrepreneurs” and downright crooks. since hurricane season, craigslist has been littered with folks offering pricey accommodations for [...]

Eric Ewazen’s beautiful “A Hymn for the Lost and the Living“

heart skewered/reversed “american gothic” around the corner from the main branch of the d.c. public library

clementine coffee, manor rd., austin, tx