Journalism

Writing journalism is a speedy way of concentrating the mind. It’s a means of  telling the story as economically as possible, of  finding the right voice, and working out what you really think.

I used to write book reviews until I found it increasingly hard to look at other people’s work with any kind of critical distance. Now I know what it’s like to write a novel it’s much harder to form judgments. But I like meeting other writers and talking to them about their work, their routines, and their anxieties. Very few writers are as effortless as they seem. In fact it often takes a great effort to appear effortless.

So here are a few interviews thoughts and observations about writers and writing:

Meeting Umberto Eco

Meeting Yasher Kemal

Meeting Robert Hughes

Random literary thoughts and articles:

On Babies

On Literary Lovers

The Art of Kissing

On Dying