Can Boxer from White Lines Say No to His Bad Relationship?
Boxer from White Lines always says yes—until he finally learns to say no. What his bad relationship with Zoe teaches us about knowing when to walk away.
Young Men and the Dr. Squatch Soap
So my son came to me the other day. “You’ve gotta watch this,” he said. Apparently this Dr. Squatch soap is all the rage with the young men set. Apparently the brand has enjoyed a 400 percent growth in revenue, arguably because of their approachable YouTube advertising. Watching the video, I developed the following mini-essay
Review: BIRD BY BIRD. And thank You, Anne Lamott.
I don’t often read books about Being a Writer. Because you know I’m above all that, ha ha ha. At least I used to think I was. But Bird by Bird is famous among writers, a book that everyone at writer’s group has heard of. Of course I didn’t rush out to read it. Because
Book Review: The Year of Magical Thinking
Book review: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. I loved this book, which is strange when you realize that the subject itself is dark: it concerns the sudden death of Didion’s husband, John Dunne, after nearly 40 years of marriage. Despite the tragic subject matter, reading it became, for me, not a guilty
COVID Day 141 — Science Doesn’t Have an Answer for That
Science doesn’t have an answer for that is the favorite saying of the day. My mom is reading ENLIGHTENMENT NOW by Steven Pinker. “This is the book that explains everything,” she said. “I heard about it from your little brother.” I read up on this in the Guardian: With some deft intellectual moves, [Pinker] manages
90 Lit Magazines With No Submission Fee
Although writing contests have long charged entry fees, and this is considered justified because it’s a contest and there are significant prizes to be won, submitting your work to various journals used to be uniformly free. Now in the last ten years, more and more literary magazines are charging writers to submit to their regular