Happy New Year to all! I hope that 2022 treated you well. As we go into another spin around the sun, I also hope that this newsletter adds value to your creative life. The sole purpose of this project is to spread some light into the world. Everything else is just a byproduct.
This is such a special interview. This really stood out to me: “my intent is to continue writing for my community in honest and responsible ways.” So many yesses. It took me a long time to understand how connected my writing is to every single person I know. It feels so lonely if you forget that, but if you can do it in service of the ones you love, a lot of warmth floods the enterprise (and a lotta ghosts, too, haha).
Also really appreciated this: “Now is a great moment to demand precision in our words so we can put these assertions to rest. New Jessup, and towns like it, were safe spaces where we sought America’s promised freedoms through independence, self-governance, and self-reliance.” So essential to call this out, and such a beautiful history to highlight (the resilience, not the codified hatred).
Finally: “Writing is an act of courage, joy, and resilience that requires us to do the work.” 🏆 Congrats on the book and the coming out party after all those hours in sweet 4am darkness. AND transitioning from law. It makes sense to me that someone with a capacity for that profession, which is so demanding, would make the jump to story-telling, also a dedicated, sometimes punishing art.
Great interview—thanks to both of you. A great reminder of our responsibilities as writers—to ourselves, to our readers, and to our communities. #WriteAnyway
This is such a special interview. This really stood out to me: “my intent is to continue writing for my community in honest and responsible ways.” So many yesses. It took me a long time to understand how connected my writing is to every single person I know. It feels so lonely if you forget that, but if you can do it in service of the ones you love, a lot of warmth floods the enterprise (and a lotta ghosts, too, haha).
Also really appreciated this: “Now is a great moment to demand precision in our words so we can put these assertions to rest. New Jessup, and towns like it, were safe spaces where we sought America’s promised freedoms through independence, self-governance, and self-reliance.” So essential to call this out, and such a beautiful history to highlight (the resilience, not the codified hatred).
Finally: “Writing is an act of courage, joy, and resilience that requires us to do the work.” 🏆 Congrats on the book and the coming out party after all those hours in sweet 4am darkness. AND transitioning from law. It makes sense to me that someone with a capacity for that profession, which is so demanding, would make the jump to story-telling, also a dedicated, sometimes punishing art.
Great interview—thanks to both of you. A great reminder of our responsibilities as writers—to ourselves, to our readers, and to our communities. #WriteAnyway