Why Write #25: Gary Lenhart

Why Write #25: Gary Lenhart

When I mentioned to my mother that I had more than thirty term essays to read over a weekend, she replied, “Aren’t you lucky that you found a job where you get paid to read? You’ve always liked to read.” I didn’t come from a family of readers; we were baseball-mad and...
Why Write #25: Gary Lenhart

Why Write? #24: Ross McMeekin

I spent my first two years of undergraduate studies as a Jazz Performance major. I played guitar, and was proficient, but not because of any thoughtful understanding of music itself; theory and most of the other core classes that didn’t involve playing were a...
Why Write #23: Jennifer Militello

Why Write #23: Jennifer Militello

I remember visiting the Boston Museum of Science as a child and stumbling on a long lit case into which was affixed a room-length, finger-width crust of sand, a rod of sand that lightning had passed through and melted to glass. A shape hollowed out by the sheer power...
Why Write? #22: Weston Cutter

Why Write? #22: Weston Cutter

Early this week I was reprimanded by a lifeguard at the YMCA for having knocked overly aggressively on the locked door between the showers and the pool. It was 1:05pm, and the door should’ve been open for Family/Lap Swim. I knocked loudly, twice, and waited...
Why Write? #21: Coley Gallagher

Why Write? #21: Coley Gallagher

I write for attention. I so wanted a purer, nobler, more literary reason–an inextinguishable artistic fire, that I would combust were it not for my beloved words, the melodic sentence, my lifeblood. Not me. While I work my tail off to get the language right, my...
Why Write? #20: Matthew Lippman

Why Write? #20: Matthew Lippman

You have to manage love through sound. It has to be something that comes into your consciousness without consciousness. It’s the only recourse, the only action, the only thing that matters. When you are cooking the eggs, watering the gardenias, tending to the sheep. I...