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Tag Archives: Creative Writing
Names I Almost Recognize: Montreal, Plateau Mont Royal
One of the errors espoused by contemporary Americans includes the idea that age is just a number, as if time were a psychological, even a spiritual, rather than a physical reality. But our bodies do age, and time is in … Continue reading
Posted in Commonplaces & Other Miracles
Tagged Adam Penna, comics, Comix, Creative Writing, Montreal, Moths, Plateau Mont Royale, Poems, Poetry, the writing process, Writing
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On Small Fires, Little Flames
I wrote Small Fires, Little Flames while I was writing Talk of Happiness. In some ways, I see these two books as complementary, so it makes sense that they should come out, more or less, together. Plus, it suits my … Continue reading
Posted in Publications
Tagged Adam Penna, Bernini, books, chapbook, chapbooks, Creative Writing, Finishing Line Press, Little Flames, Little Songs, Lyrics to Genji, nature, Poems, Poetry, prayer, Revision, Saint Thomas, Small Fires, Talk of Happiness, The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, The Love of a Sleeper, Writing
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An Essay on Risk Taking in the College Classroom and the Creative Writer’s Role in Fucking Shit Up*
An Introduction: Freshman writers have particular trouble with two aspects of writing, for which creative writers have answers. The first is revision. Still many composition professors assess product rather than process, and therefore stress editing rather than revision. Creative writers, … Continue reading
Poem Appearing on TSR’s Site
Here’s a poem recently published in TSR and appearing now on their site. Thanks to Lou Ann Walker, Julie Sheehan, and the other editors for their continued support.
Posted in Publications
Tagged Adam Penna, Creative Writing, Genji, julie sheehan, Lou Ann Walker, Lyrics to Genji, Poems, Poetry, The Southampton Review, To an Imaginary Friend, TSR
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On “Can Creative Writing Be Taught?”
This week in the New Yorker Louis Menand reviews a book called The Program Era by Marc McGurl. According to Menand, the book attempts to make the argument – and I’m simplifying here – that the proliferation of creative writing programs has not only affected the way we write … Continue reading
Posted in Starting from Poetry
Tagged Creative Writing, Eliot, Emerson, faith, genius, greatness, humility, Kafka, Menand, MFA, Poetry, teaching, the spirit, Whitman
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