Hello, Subscribers,
I bring you good news. On her podcast, Meghan Daum and I have a State of the Union conversation about the contemporary literary world and about the state of my career on Substack and in the bookstores.
We also talk about the writing workshop that I’ll be leading for Meghan’s Unspeakeasy School of Thought. This is a class separate from my Substack endeavors. You can learn more about the workshop by following this link. Applications are open. And I promise you that it’ll be a great class worth the expense. I’ve been conducting writing workshops for 30 years.
Just click on the “Listen Now” button below to listen to a preview of the podcast.
“Morrison’s warning about the state of publishing in 1981 didn’t advocate a return to the solitary, romantic toiler. Instead, her keynote address called for movement building: “We don’t need any more writers as solitary heroes. We need a heroic writers movement—assertive, militant, pugnacious.”- lareviewofbooks.org. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/there-is-no-point-in-my-being-other-than-honest-with-you-on-toni-morrisons-rejection-letters/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=emai
Dude, get over yourself and write a book. You are an amazing writer. You Don't Have to Tell Me You Love Me, was one of the most moving, intense, best books I have read. I read a lot of books. Lit major. You know how that goes. I wait everyday for you to put out another book. Every day .... Just write it. It's in you already