In service to you whom I’ll never know, I write to change, even if slightly, your life. Hiding away to get my work done is lonely, but don’t worry about me; I live most when dreaming at my desk.
My greatest successes were failures. In fiction it was a story sent cold to The New Yorker that climbed to then-senior editor Daniel Menaker’s desk and resulted in his handwrit rejection saying that he pushed for the story but his staff chose another—try us again. In drama it was a commission to create a play about Chris Farley only for the repertory theater to shutter before we got underway.
But non-failures too.
My plays have been performed across the country, including in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, with my play The Official Biography receiving two Jeff Award nominations, including for best new work. My fiction appeared in national journals such as American Literary Review, Denver Quarterly, Glimmer Train, and New Letters. Selections from my just-completed memoir about crime and creativity appeared in Creative Wisconsin Magazine, Heartland Review, Home Planet News, Indiana Review, Quillkeepers, and True Stories Well Told. My work on land and poverty issues took me to Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Peru, and Russia; a few lives perhaps are better for it.
My work on land and poverty issues took me to Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Peru, and Russia; a few lives perhaps are better for it.
My greatest writing successes were failures. A story sent cold to The New Yorker that climbed to then-senior editor Daniel Menaker’s desk and resulted in his handwrit rejection saying that he pushed for the story but, alas, try us again. A commission to create a play about Chris Farley only for the repertory theater to shutter before we got underway.
But non-failures too. My fiction has appeared in national journals such as New Letters, American Literary Review, Denver Quarterly, and Glimmer Train, and my plays have been performed across the country, including in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. My work on land and poverty issues took me to Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Peru, and Russia; a few lives perhaps are better for it.
My fiction has appeared in national journals, my plays have been performed across the country, and my poems are on my desk somewhere. My work on land and poverty issues took me to Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Peru, and Russia; a few lives perhaps are better for it.
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