Back of the Embroidery
Everyone’s writing process is different, but sometimes learning new tricks and techniques can get you going. So here’s a back-of-the-embroidery look at what went into writing A Cactus Among Wolves.
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How a Book Is Like a Banana
A group of physics majors at Calvin University once put me up for two nights and served me chilled sumac tea. During dinner, they had an animated discussion about how necessary the hard sciences are and how froofy and “soft” the arts are.
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All The Light We Cannot See
Have you ever woken and found that the tide has come in?
During the night, an invisible sea swept silently under your doors and through cracks in the windows.
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Earthbound, yet
Mountains are earth, rebelling
Straining against dirt-ness
against gravity -
Critiquing Clay
A long pendulum dip
Followed by
Splattered drops -
Disobedience
The sky is oiled orange
gleaming along the metal
and matte of cement steps
