Archive - Werk-In-Progress

I'm doing two events this week in Boston.

Maggie Smith! Isaac Fitzgerald!

Mar 31 •

No One is Coming to Save Us But Us.

Introducing "The People's Project."

Mar 4 •

February 2025

A Conversation with Roxane Gay

We read new work too!

Feb 28 •

Wanna talk about writing nonfiction with me and Eula Biss?

Well, you're in luck.

Feb 21 •

January 2025

It's Hard Work Being a Person

And even more difficult to be a human.

Jan 20 •

December 2024

I’ve been thinking about “woke.”

It was bound to happen eventually, I guess.

Dec 19, 2024 •

Joy in the dark is a candle.

I don’t feel good about our country, and I don’t wish our country well.

Dec 13, 2024 •

November 2024

Some Quick Notes Toward The Holidays

I’m just saying.

Nov 25, 2024 •

Memoirs I'm Reading with My Students

All hits, no skips.

Nov 20, 2024 •

Play Time Is Over

On Election Night, entire states became sundown towns.

Nov 17, 2024 •

"My Project 2025" A New Poem By Me

"I am god talking to herself."

Nov 13, 2024 •

Tell me one new way you're taking care of your self?

I’ve started going on walks. 30 minutes on busy days; 3 hours on days when I have a lot of free time. What’s something new that has been helping…

Nov 12, 2024 •

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