Your heart is not a state secret. You are meant to declare allegiances. You are meant to have favourites. Write the letter. Miss the train. Stay up until dawn talking. You should be caught red-handed loving something, someone.
What is happening to Ernest right now is very much akin to a witch-hunt. The silence that he followed instead of calling this what it is is because he has been recognised as a “problematic” figure and is not a Twitter favourite…
Debuted in @compactmag today. Last year, I got kicked out of a fellowship over my faith. This is the story of that affair. But It is bigger than me. I hope I did some measure of justice to it.
Thanks to @matthewschmitz for handling the piece well.
https://t.co/1ElRaVMkE6
most of my friends, insanely intelligent people, including me, have wilting dreams. this country is just wrong. I'm happy for the few that have found a way out.
Any writer who grew up in poverty, while hoping to make a living from their work, will not take an absolutist stance on piracy, because they know how they got their skill. Writing is tedious, but I’d rather be read by all who want to read me than only by those who can afford to.