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I write. I started my first novel when I was 12. It was a roman a clef (although I certainly did not know what that term meant at the time) about a sleepaway summer camp. I had recently learned … Continue reading >>
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Like many writers, I started as a child with poetry, mostly moody tomes about the shape of loneliness. In my late adolescence and twenties, I got involved with the New York poetry “scene” – … Continue reading >>
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I create worlds! I write novels. I write scripts and short stories and essays. Everything to me is a story! I’ve always made up stories. A few years ago, one of my novels Into Thin Air was … Continue reading >>
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I am a nonfiction advocate in a 200-year old entrenched tradition of poetry and fiction. Memoir, essays, humor essays, articles, book and movie reviews. I was told once I should write a … Continue reading >>
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In second grade, I proudly wrote my very first poem; it celebrated New York City where I lived: “I love the city/ It is so pretty.”
My desire back then was to grow up to become a writer of … Continue reading >>
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I have been trying to write poems that evoke poetry for 51 years. I have also written essays, lots of blurbs, and every Thursday since the 2016 election a commentary with an appropriate poem. … Continue reading >>