Just Do Your Damned Job
A new law allows doctors in Mississippi to refuse treatment to people they disapprove of for religious reasons. (Guess which people we're talking about.) From The Atlantic: Being lesbian, gay,…
Introversion, the Literary Community, and Me
Meghan Tift wrote a piece in The Atlantic called "The Agony of Community" that got me thinking about my own relationship, or lack of it, with the Seattle literary community. Whether we’re…
My Advice to Young Writers
Been away doing literary editor stuff. (To MMIP fans--all two of them--soon my pets, soon.) Now that I'm back, let's get into what I've been pondering: Jeffrey Eugenides's Advice To Young…