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Be A Compassionate Cook

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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

Ernest Hemingway#

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Josip Novakovich

May 14, 2013 / No Comments / Posted in: Fiction, MFA, Writing

I get to work with Josip Novakovich this June as part of my MFA program residency session at the University of Tampa. He’ll be my fiction workshop leader and mentor for the next six months.

His writing has been described as darkly ironic, wickedly funny and deeply harrowing. My kind of writer.

Milwaukee is My Home.

May 13, 2013 / No Comments / Posted in: Culture, Inspiration

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I love this graphic tee from Milwaukee Home.

As a proud Milwaukeean, this shirt reminds me of all the things I love about my city. I’ve put together a few that immediately come to mind:

  1. Growing up listening to Bob Uecker call games and seeing the Brew Crew at County Stadium (Not to mention Bernie Brewer sliding into a giant beer mug).
  2. Breakfasts at George Webb on Bluemound Road.
  3. Frozen Custard at Kopps and Gilles (my dad’s personal favorite).
  4. Summerfest!
  5. Milwaukee Pizza: Balistreri’s, and Zaffiro’s are my favorites.
  6. Music at Alpine Valley.
  7. The Milwaukee Art Museum.
  8. Sprecher.
  9. Alterra Coffee.
  10. The Allen Bradley Clock Tower.

Great place to grow up. Diverse, cultural and steeped in tradition, Milwaukee is an awesome place to call home.

 

A Manifesto For Introverts

May 13, 2013 / No Comments / Posted in: Books, Creativity, Imagination

Always a fan of manifestos, I particularly love this one by Susan Cain from her fantastic book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts In A World That Can’t Stop Talking.

  1. There’s a word for “people who are in their heads too much”: Thinkers.
  2. Solitude is a catalyst for innovation.
  3. The next generation of quiet kids can and must be raised to know their own strengths.
  4. Sometimes it helps to be a pretend extrovert. There will always be time to be quiet later.
  5. But in the long run, staying true to your temperament is key to finding work you love and work that matters.
  6. One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards.
  7. It’s OK to cross the street to avoid making small talk.
  8. “Quiet leadership” is not an oxymoron.
  9. Love is essential; gregariousness is optional.
  10. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Ghandi

Excellent advice. As a proud introvert and fan of solitude and its ability to fuel the imagination and act as a catalyst for creativity, this manifesto deserves generous use and dissemination.

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