I first published this post in May, but left it up only for a few hours. I am posting it again today because I feel the topic is still relevant, and it deserves an honest treatment. I’ve been teaching at California College of the Arts in San Francisco since 2001. At the time I began teaching there, I was awaiting the publication of my first book; now, I have a third book to my name. Like many of the part-time faculty in the MFA program in creative writing at California College of the Arts (CCA), I have years of...
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Bush drunk at APEC summit?
The AP reports that, while giving a speech in Sydney for the APEC summit, Bush referred to it as OPEC, thanked the Australian prime minister for sending Austrian troops into Iraq, and almost fell off the stage. Granted, the guy’s not known for his intelligent remarks, but this is a bit over the top even for dear old GW. I’m not even trying to be funny here. I think it’s quite possible he was hitting the Scotch before his speech. Speaking of funny, Samantha Schoech and Lisa Taggart, editors most recently of The Bigger the Better the Tighter the...
The international bestseller about one woman’s search for a missing child…
"Mesmerizing." ~Library Journal, starred review.
Stop dreaming, start writing!
