Her gift seems simple and yet it is neither simple nor common but the “confiding intimacy” of her great poems.
Blog Posts on Writing and Authors
Inhabited by Poetry
Beginnings of anything are always inspiring, more than middle or ends, which tend to be tedious.
The Next Step
How to live on nothing is a question the publishers have not condescended to consider.
The Tooth
Since the tooth has been with me for a long time and has served me faithfully, I decided to write its story.
Celebrities
These days if a writer is smitten with the idea of writing a new book—a new analysis—of any supposedly well-known person, the obstacles to her research will be enormous.
A Nation Afraid
I’ve been wondering why we in the blessed U.S. seem so frightened of just about everything.
Doris Duke: Changing Faces
We are all too complicated and contradictory to be explained.
The Santa Fe National Forest Has Closed
We don’t know how to behave in the woods.
Philip Roth Is Gone
As a young writer publishing my first novel at the time of Roth’s debut, I wondered even then why this gentle, pastel novel received so much attention.
To Be of Use: The Lisa Unger Baskin Collection
A great collection is always based on a passion. It is not random. It grows from a strong root.