I'm Actually Forced To Write About Michigan

The Only Advice I Can Give To Aspiring Writers Is Don't Do It Unless You're Willing To Give Your Whole Life To It. Red Wine And Garlic Also Helps.

The Wife Picked Out Ceramic Tile For Floor Covering, Not Realizing That Cost Was Determined By Square Foot, Not Square Yard Like Carpet. Thinking The Price Was Plenty Reasonable, She Had An Extra Room Of Tile Ordered For Installation. When The Bill Arrived, It Was Staggering. She And Her Husband Began A Fight That Continued All Through The Construction Job. They Ended Up Divorced, But Not Until She Had Broken Every Window.

Writers Can Write Outside Their Ethnicity Or Sex Depending How Open And Vulnerable They Wish To Be.

Writing As A Woman Presents Enormous Problems But I Have Attempted It Several Times And Haven't Had Many Complaints.

I Got $30 From Nation Magazine For A Poem And $500 For My First Book Of Poems.