The hardest part of writing, for me, is having to write while living my ‘regular’ life. You all know what a ‘regular’ life is, right? It’s the one that’s filled with bills and chores and obligations and responsibilities. It’s the one that requires you to be somewhere from 9 am until 5 pm, writing things… Read more »
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Busyness Is an Addiction
I often joke that my biggest vices are Buffalo wings, Netflix, and my sofa, but I think it’s time I was honest with myself. What I’m really, truly hooked on is staying busy. And I don’t mean the regular amount of busy that we all are: running a household, going to work, living life. I… Read more »
Writing in White Spaces
When I first started my MFA program back in 2005, I was very aware of being one of very few black faces in the crowd. It had been that way for me as an undergrad, but with my MFA, I was concerned that my professors and classmates wouldn’t “get” my work because they didn’t know… Read more »