The black sheep of the family

admin | August 4, 2009

If you had told your family at a young age that you wanted to be a writer for a living, what reaction could you have expected? Or, If you’ve already lived through this scenario, what do you wish the reaction had been instead?

length: 2 minutes 57 seconds
featuring:
Anita Rau Badami, David Adams Richards, Charlotte Gill, [...]

Experts agree: solitude leads to writing

admin | July 21, 2009

Whether it’s the case that writing leads to becoming an isolationist, or that isolationists naturally gravitate toward writing, it would seem the two are closely related for better or worse.

length: 2 minutes 40 seconds
featuring:
Tess Fragoulis, Donna Morrissey, Janette Turner Hospital, Adrienne Clarkson, Michael Redhill, Karen Connelly, and Laura Elise Taylor