Hello, music lovers! Happy March to you all! Here’s a new batch of tunes for you to check out: 1) Johnny Flynn, “Barnacled Warship” 2) The National, “I Should Live In Salt” 3) Arcade Fire, “Normal Person” 4) Dan Auerbach, “Whispered Words” 5) Gregory Alan Isakov, “That Moon Song” 6) Pearl Jam, “Sirens” 7) The…
Hello Beautiful People, I CANNOT BELIEVE IT’S MARCH. Can you? I mean, really. MARCH. Of 2014. I can’t take it. Anyway, I digress. As usual, we’ll be telling you our Bookshelf Picks for this month. Our choice for the monthly bookshelves are books we’re interested in, books we want to read, and books we’re excited about. Here…
Hello Write Readers, Next up on our list of Academy Award Best Picture nominees – Her. Boy am I glad that I didn’t give up on Joaquin Phoenix. When you combine a not crazy Joaquin Phoenix and the voice of Scarlett Johansson, and add a very large and bushy mustache (not on Scarlett) you get…
Hello Beautiful People, I first fell in love with Erika Robuck when a copy of Hemingway’s Girl found its way into my hands. Since then, I’ve read every book she’s ever written, most recently, Fallen Beauty. I’m honored to have The Write Teacher(s) participate in her Blog Tour, and I’m thrilled to announce that we’ll be…
Hello Write Readers, This Oscar season, we’re seeing some repeats: biographies, controversial topics/minority subject representation, and Matthew McConaughey. In fact, Dallas Buyers Club manages to be all three at once! It combines a true story, HIV/AIDS, and you guessed it- Mr. McConaughey and his all-important costar, Matthew McConaughey’s facial hair. That mustache is just amazing….
Hello Friends, You’re alone. Alone, and out to fix all the wrongs done to you in recent years. Wrongs perpetrated by one person in particular. The end-result of a complicated relationship that had only recently concluded. Or did it? You can’t trust anyone, because you never know who’s actually on your side. And sometimes it…
Hello Beautiful People, I had an interesting class on Tuesday. Really, really, interesting. And I understand that this series is supposed to be YOU, you beautiful, wonderful, amazing Write Readers, about your education situation. But… Well, this time I’m offering a piece of advice. My students in my English + Film Study + Creative Writing…
Hello Beautiful People, Ari and Emma are NYC-based comedians. Featured on Jezebel, NY Mag, LOGOtv, they have been hailed as a blend of the Beastie Boys and Gilda Radner. As women who write, act, and are making their mark in the comedy world, they are in fact, the PERFECT addition to our Movers & Shakers…
Hello Write Readers, Let’s keep moving down our list. We’ve arrived at: movies involving Tom Hanks for 500. There’s a lot more to Captain Phillips than Tom Hanks, but really folks. Tom Hanks. How long has he been doing this? How long has he been making nominatable movies? In his entire career, Tom Hanks has…
Hello Write Readers, As you all are well aware at this point, I don’t do sad space movies (and really is there any other kind?) Sad space movies are on my list along with war movies and animal movies (including CGI animals, unless it’s Disney/Pixar, but not UP). There is something heart wrenching about space…