I still have all these notes from every session I attended at AWP, but since returning home I’ve 1) come down with a horrible cold and 2) seem to have lost my will to blog. But here’s a quick timeline of my first AWP: Wednesday, daytime: Travel most of the way to Chicago with Sherry, [...]

Those of you who read Dear Sugar know all about her coming out party on Valentine’s Day, and are well aware that our Sugar is author Cheryl Strayed. You are surely already familiar with her most popular columns, like Write Like a Motherfucker, How You Get Unstuck, and The Baby Bird. But have you seen [...]

First, I finally got the Living Arrangements bookmarks in the mail to the winners of the bookmark giveaway. Those of you in the States should have either already received them or should expect them soon. I also sent a few across the Atlantic…I wonder if those little bookmarks are in the air right now? Let’s [...]

Our beloved Sugar addresses writer jealousy in her latest “Dear Sugar” column. Here’s a short excerpt from her response to the self-described Awful Jealous Person: “I know it’s not easy being an artist. I know the gulf between creation and commerce is so tremendously wide that it’s sometimes impossible not to feel annihilated by it. [...]