Mar 3, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Published on the birthday of Ira Glass, March 3, 1959 Ira Glass is an inspiration to me. His work on “This American Life” is consistently entertaining, invigorating, intriguing and surprising. It’s a very creative show, constantly pushing the...
Feb 28, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Horror, On Writing, Past Notes
On this day, I’m celebrating the birthday of Tim Powers, SFF writer extraordinaire. February 29, 1952 I was on a bus in Seattle when I first read a book by Tim Powers. I’d picked up a ratty paperback of Expiration Date in some used bookstore’s...
Feb 26, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
Black History Month – February by Audre Lorde Moon marked and touched by sun my magic is unwritten but when the sea turns back it will leave my shape behind. I seek no favor untouched by blood unrelenting as the curse of love permanent as my errors or my...
Feb 23, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
— Read my books at Village Books — Village Books in Bellingham is an amazing home for books and literature in the Pacific Northwest. It’s also a place where I’ve built many fond memories and spent many wonderful afternoons. In the early 1990s,...
Feb 18, 2018 | Current Ned Note, On Writing
published on Toni Morrison’s birthday: February 18, 1931 I’ve been pondering writing a new novel that illuminates a horrific period in my family’s heritage. As I re-read Toni Morrison’s Beloved, it became clear to me that her techniques of emotional withholding...
Feb 15, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
Black History Month: February won’t you celebrate with me Lucille Clifton, 1936 – 2010 won’t you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up...
