I’ve heard it said that writers should need to write, and not just want to like any amateur with an idea and a blog. In fact Bukowski has a nice poem espousing that very idea. But here’s the thing: I think that idea is a bunch of crap put forth by pretentious assholes like Bukowski [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Emerson'
How I Spent My Winter Break “Not Being A Writer”
January 5th, 2010 2 Comments
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Professor Profile: Frederick Reiken
September 18th, 2009 No Comments
Based on my past and current class schedule here at Emerson, you would think I was doomed to take every single class Rick Reiken will ever teach. My first semester, I was dropped (unwillingly, at first) into two of his courses, a lit class and a novel workshop (novels, gag), and had no small amount [...]
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