Why Write #4: Norman Lock

      “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...
Why Write? #3:  Ben Aleshire

Why Write? #3: Ben Aleshire

        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...
Why Write? #2:  Stephen Dunn

Why Write? #2: Stephen Dunn

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...
Why Write? #1:  Daryl Scroggins

Why Write? #1: Daryl Scroggins

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...