As for writing, that's a cruel hard business. Unless you're very lucky it'll break your heart.
Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American IconoclastWhat is the essence of the art of writing? Part One: Have something to say. Part Two: Say it well.
Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American IconoclastIt took him (Washington) more than a year to gain control over his own aggressive instincts.
The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789As we age we begin to grasp at youthful bliss like a life raft in a sea of harsh reality.
Turn Left At The Trojan Horse: A Would-Be Hero's American OdysseyI asked my Greek chorus about this sort of hero: the Underappreciated Personification of Resolve.
Turn Left At The Trojan Horse: A Would-Be Hero's American OdysseyIt's exciting to work with the kids so devoid of irony, so unguarded. And also terrifying.
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League