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Stanley Crouch Considering Genius

Art, Good Writing and Writers, Heart of Writing, Music, WritersJames BuchananSeptember 18, 2020Stanley Crouch, Considering Genius, Writings on Jazz, Writing lifeComment

Stanley Crouch and Randall Kenan Have Passed

Art, Good Writing and WritersJames BuchananSeptember 17, 2020Randall Kenan, Stanley Crouch, radical pragmatism, writers, Howard Frank Mosher, great writersComment

Beautiful, So Beautiful...

Art, LifeJames BuchananJune 6, 2020Black Lives Matter, Washington DC, D.C., Trump, Floyd, RacismComment

So Much Death

Art, Life, RantsJames BuchananMay 13, 2020Covid 19, loss, death, Patricia Bosworth, art, mourningComment

Patricia Bosworth: The Men in MY Life

Art, Books, Good Writing and Writers, Why I writeJames BuchananMay 11, 2020Patricia Bosworth, The Men in My Life, writing, memoir, Covid 19Comment

Dorothy Allison: Glory and Writing

Art, Guidance, Heart of Writing, Quotes, True ExperiencesJames BuchananNovember 24, 2019Dorothy Allison, writing advice, glory, Bastard out of CarolinaComment

Our Writing is Our Gift

Art, Guidance, Heart of WritingJames BuchananOctober 7, 2019van Gogh, Brenda Ueland, writing advice, If You Want to WriteComment

A Murderer of Talent ca 1938

Art, Guidance, Heart of WritingJames BuchananOctober 2, 2019Brenda Ueland, writing advice, a murderer of talent, passionComment

A True Editor: Susan Kamil

Art, Guidance, Heart of WritingJames BuchananSeptember 11, 2019Susan Kamil, editor, editing, writing process, advice for writersComment

The Light Between Oceans

Art, Books, ReviewsJames BuchananFebruary 27, 2019light between oceans, ML Stedman, reviewComment

Cat Person and the Dormant Power of the Short Story

Art, Short Stories, Rants, True ExperiencesJames BuchananDecember 14, 2017Cat Person, New Yorker, short story, power of short story, Kristen Roupenian Comment

Ugh, A Storytelling System

Art, Guidance, Heart of WritingJames BuchananJanuary 20, 2017writing is art, bad advice, storyteloling system, storytelling system, fiction, nonfiction, the heart of writing, to be a writer, rip offsComment

Garrison Keillor & Lake Wobegon

Art, Good Writing and Writers, Heart of WritingJames BuchananJanuary 10, 2017Garrison Keillor, News from Lake Wobegon, Prairie Home Companion, TanglewoodComment

The Creation of Art

ArtJames BuchananFebruary 19, 2016Artist, videoComment

Five Enlightening Resolutions For New Year or Anytime

Art, Heart of Writing, QuotesJames BuchananJanuary 10, 2016New Year resolutions for writers, Susan Sontag, Soren Kierkegaard, Adrienne Rich, Rainer Maria Rilke, Erich FrommComment

The Perfect Writing Space

Art, Heart of WritingJames BuchananJanuary 9, 2016writer office, simple office, easy writer office, inspiration, fiction, nonfictionComment

Artists at Work

Art, Heart of WritingJames BuchananOctober 10, 2015Adebanji Alade, Melissa Herrington, John Farrington, Sean McCann, Sona Mirzaei, Artists, working, in the studio, on creativityComment

Royal de Luxe Marionette

Art, LifeJames BuchananJune 22, 2015Royal de Luxe, marionettesComment

The Giant by NC Wyeth

ArtJames BuchananMay 7, 2015NC Wyeth, art, The Giant, creativity, writing Comments

Max Richter Re-Imagines Vivaldi's Four Seasons

Music, ArtJames BuchananMay 7, 2015Max Richter, Netflix Chef's Table, writing, art, creativity, fiction, nonfiction Comments