Where's Julie?
New York Times: Subject Appears Anxious
I wrote this piece, “Subject Appears Anxious,” for The New York Times’ Opinionator, a collection of blogs in the online version. This was published in the Opinionator’s Anxiety section.
Jane Siberry: The Alchemy of the Everyday
While I don’t always like what she creates, I love and respect her as an artist. Siberry takes enormous risks and follows her heart, refusing to stop growing. As she put it in an interview, in which she discussed divesting herself of all of her possessions in 2006, it was “change or die.” She’s totally fearless. “Release the superhero inside!” Siberry implored us this evening. She’s done that for herself. What a great role model for anyone who’s endeavoring to unleash an idea.
Comedy Terror
Last month I managed to convince a roomful of people that I’m a standup comedian. Here’s the evidence.
Writing for stand-up comedy: what I’ve learned so far
I’ve long wanted to try stand-up. Meaning longer than some of you have been alive. I finally took the plunge and have for the past month been going to a windowless room in the Garment District for three hours on Saturday, where I tell my carefully crafted “bits” (collections of…
John Steinbeck on Story Tellers
And it came about in the camps along the roads, on the ditch banks beside the streams, under the sycamores, that the story teller grew into being, so that the people gathered in the low firelight to hear the gifted ones.
A Broad, Locked Up
My carceral interests began at a very young age. I was fascinated by the idea of living, against one’s will, in a miniature society that’s kept completely apart from the rest of the world. Over time this interest expanded to include insane asylums, castaways and cults.