I was at an event once where a writer (a good writer, whom I admire) was attempting to win a literary trivia game and not…
About six years ago, artist/teacher/community activist Todd Brown astounded me at his workshop, “The Art Of Not Knowing.” It was my first-ever art class. After a…
Is there anybody in America who is not plagued with ambivalent feelings this time of year? Religion, family, politics, hope, war & peace, guilt, memory,…
There are so many ways to punk the muse. Last week, I talked about visiting specialty bookstores. Visiting places of all sorts—bookstores, museums, caverns, mountains, river rapids, foreign…
I spent some hours this week browsing Fields Book Store on Polk. Founded in 1932 by George Fields, a devotee of Gurdjieff, the store for many…
(Charles Kruger) A couple of weeks ago I checked my phone messages and found myself listening to a vaguely familiar voice: “Hello, Charles, this is…
(Charles Kruger) Joshua Mohr once said that he tries to write “so that the reader feels as if they are sitting in the front of…
(Charles Kruger) Had enough Litquake? Are you overdosed on literary passion? Don’t hibernate yet. Something big is coming next week: October 18, 2011 is officially Lawrence…
(Charles Kruger) Bird & Beckett Books is one of those magical bookstores that make it into people’s memoirs. Something much more than a retail shop,…
(Charles Kruger) Marcus Banks is a curious man with a taste for the confessional blog post and the personal essay. He wonders about writers and…