Literary

Writing is the clearest way I know of paying attention. Most of the pieces here began as a question I could not put down, and a few began as a single line that refused to leave.

What follows is sorted by the shape each idea ended up taking. When something needed thinking all the way through, it became an article. When it needed to be felt rather than explained, it became a poem. And when it needed somebody to live it, it became a story.

Longer arguments live under Essays and Research, where a point needs evidence behind it rather than just a good sentence. And there is a shelf of books I recommend, since the reading and the writing are not really separate things.

Pick a door below.