AWP Conference: Philly March 23-26 (two dreams become one)
I don’t know what the odds are that my son will learn to speak normally one day. I do know there’s a 60% chance that he’ll have dyslexia, making reading and learning the imaginative, powerful art of words extremely difficult all over again. But there’s a 40% chance he won’t have it.
Similarly, I don’t know the percentage of how many times my manuscript might get rejected. All I know is there’s a chance it won’t.
2020: The Tipping Point & “Black Lives Matter”—More Contagious Than Covid-19
Divisions aside, the past couple of decades have united us over shared tragedies. There is no doubt in my mind that 2020 is the Tipping Point. And there’s no doubt in my mind that the power of hope and demands for these humanitarian changes are more contagious than the “silent majority.”
P.S. it’s okay to condemn violence, looting, and arson but still believe that the right to protest is a pillar of American society to keep us in check.
27% of Americans…
27% of Americans believe President Donald Trump is a “man of faith”. Saw this trending on Twitter today. So I’m assuming those 27% have not seen this video clip.
Cheers to Endless “Noisy Summers” Thanks to Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”
Today we’re celebrating Rachel Carson — born on this day in 1907 — and her meticulous investigative reporting work and her uniquely brilliant, beautifully-poetic storytelling that helped us take a right turn towards a road less traveled. So cheers to endless noisy summers thanks to Carson’s Silent Spring.
5 Binge-Worthy Shows, Quarantine Edition
Here’s a list of five mind-bending, laugh-out-loud, and adrenaline pumping optical adventures to help you escape all this Covid chaos.
“Excited About the Apocalypse”: Happiness, Fate, and the Quest of Life
You can follow a clear path, or carve a brand new one. But if you walk in a straight line long enough, you’ll only end up where you were. And, at that point, you might as well be waiting for the Apocalypse.
Thomas Shelby: Every Devil Is a Fallen Angel (How The Peaky Blinders Illuminates Misperceptions of Good & Evil)
"I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one. . . . Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil. . . . There is no other story. A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well—or ill?”
-John Steinbeck, East of Eden