First of all: Winter, this has got to end. Second, Warren is making me do a "friendly writing contest" with him. The basic premise is that whoever writes the most of their book by February 10th gets to pick a multi-course Valentine's dinner that the loser will have to cook. Because I am incredibly competitive (at least with Warren) I am gunning to win. Visions of pan seared scallops keep dancing in my mind.
Also, this contest has actually forced me to, well, write. Gasp. As such, I have been thinking a lot about my favorite Zbigniew Herbert poem, "I Would Like to Describe", and keep coming back to the second to last stanza. It so beautifully captures everything about the writing process for me. I used my new obsession, aka picmonkey.com, to create a visual image so I can hang the stanza above my writing desk. What do you think? The image is from the hauntingly gorgeous Hubble telescope.
Finally, a few of my essays have come out in various forms. I am so very honored to see an old essay appear in the new issue of The Gettysburg Review. It's about math, infinity in particular, and other things like loss (naturally). Another essay came out a few months ago in Bellingham Review's Online issue. Click on the button below to check it out!
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