by Norman Lock | Jan 14, 2012
“In truth? In truth, Lock writes it, Lish reads it!–which is a damn sight more than Lish will say for Proust.” So says Gordon Lish of this installment’s guest blogger, the amphibious Norman Lock–endlessly innovative...
by Benjamin Aleshire | Dec 26, 2011
Our third installment of our Why Write? guest blogger series brings us Ben Aleshire, who typed up the below and mailed it to us from France. One cannot emphasize enough the pleasure of receiving a typed note from France, the letters...
by Stephen Dunn | Dec 12, 2011
Welcome to the second installment in our “Why Write?” guest blogger series, in which GMR contributors very generously attempt to unravel for us why they do what they do. Daryl Scroggins kicked off the series last month, and we’re pleased now to...
by Daryl Scroggins | Nov 19, 2011
Welcome to our new guest blogger series “Why Write?,” in which we harry some of GMR’s contributors with that old question — damnably obtuse, damnably pointed — Why do you write? Future guest bloggers will include Stephen Dunn, Norman...