The Author’s Duty
As a writer for more than a quarter century now, it was not until reading Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We that I gave the idea of the author’s duty,…
On My Fascination with
the Renaissance and
the French Revolution
I have been continuously obsessed with the French Revolution since I first learned about it in grade school. Only the Renaissance rivaled this event for me…
On Why I Can No Longer Read Literature
I used to love literature, fiction and poetry primarily. I am a devotee of the classics and will always be. But the last decade of my…
From a Distance: On My Old Work
Over the last few years I have stepped far away from the idea of publishing my essays and poetry in manuscript form. From age fourteen when…