Tag archives: ace atkins
Between the First Sentence and the Last
The first thing Ace Atkins and I discuss is that writing used to be slower. Not the thinking, not the storytelling, but the act itself. Notes taken by hand, facts checked line by line, interviews reconstructed from memory and scribble. Now there are recorders, transcripts, digital trails that can be followed and revisited. The work […]
Tis the Season to Give the Gift of Stories
‘Baldwin’ For the bio lovers in your life, Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs is an epic, masterful deep dive into the genius that was James Baldwin; a complex, driven man who bravely tackled his sexuality in his writing despite warnings from the publishing world. Boggs does a terrific job of bringing the man […]
