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Someone asked me recently how I raised the money — or, as he put it, the venture capital — to start The Sun. I told him it was easy: I borrowed fifty dollars from a friend.
By Sy SafranskyJanuary 1989Mondays are not good writing days. One has had all that freedom over the weekend, all that authenticity, all those dreamy dreams, and then your angry mute Slavic uncle Monday arrives, and it is time to sit down at your desk.
By Anne LamottJuly 1988Leaving the chiropractor’s office / driving through the woods along the Cold River / I wanted to write a poem
By Stephen T. ButterfieldJune 1988Writing is like psychotherapy, or a spiritual discipline. It is a way of encountering reality. It teaches me about myself and the world around me. I’m not sure how it does that, just as I’m not sure how the revelations of religion and psychotherapy happen. People who don’t “believe” in writing don’t know what I’m talking about. To them I call it my work, putting it in a context they can understand.
By David GuyFebruary 1988Personal, political, provocative writing delivered to your doorstep every month—without a single ad.
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