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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

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

National Book Award Challenge

Books, Heart of WritingJames BuchananJuly 21, 2019National Book Award, Fiction, writingComment

Living a Creative Life: Daily Rituals of Women

Heart of Writing, LifeJames BuchananApril 30, 2019women artists, daily rituals, creativityComment

Religion and Losing the Golden Rule

Heart of Writing, LifeJames BuchananNovember 6, 2017Karen Armstrong, Golden Rule, writing, religion, universal archetypeComment

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

Trump & What a Writer Does

Heart of Writing, Life, Why I writeJames BuchananNovember 10, 2016writer, Trump, social justice, fair deal, stand up, brave, take actionComment

Resuscitating The Short Story

Short Stories, Heart of WritingJames BuchananApril 26, 2016Short story, MFA, saving short stories, don't be boring, truthComment

Short Story is Dead, Long Live Short Story

Heart of Writing, Short StoriesJames BuchananApril 26, 2016Short story, Laura Miller, Helen Oyeyemi, MFAComment

Arcade Fire Tunnels

Heart of Writing, MusicJames BuchananFebruary 18, 2016Arcade Fire, Tunnels, WritingComment

Great Opening Lines: Make a Big Promise

Guidance, Good Writing and Writers, Heart of WritingJames BuchananFebruary 4, 2016Cannery Row, John Steinbeck, great opening lines, novels, fiction, nonfictionComment

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

Truth, Facts and Narrative Nonfiction

Guidance, Heart of WritingJames BuchananDecember 14, 2015fiction, nonfiction, Mary Karr, Aminatta Forna, Lillian RossComment

Anais Nin Audio Interview: Why I write

Good Writing and Writers, Heart of Writing, InterviewJames BuchananOctober 28, 2015Anais Nin, Why I Write, Delta of Venus, audioComment

Anthony Doerr and the Home MFA

Good Writing and Writers, Guidance, Heart of WritingJames BuchananOctober 27, 2015Anthony Doer, All The Light We Cannot See, writing advice, good writingComment