Archive For March 2, 2018
Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. – Flannery O’Connor All my students wonder about “the process.” I tell them there’s not much to it. Beer. Smoke. More beer….
We’re in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone’s arguing over where they’re going to sit. – David Suzuki I am old enough to remember when we celebrated the first Earth Day. One day. Shorter than Black History Month. Which seems a shame. On both accounts. Think I wrote this piece in 1989. …