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Live Your Literary Life

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Nina Simone

MusicJames BuchananSeptember 9, 2015Nina Simone, My Baby Just Cares for Me, Sinnerman, Live at MontreuxComment

Three Great Female Singer-Songwriters

MusicJames BuchananSeptember 8, 2015Jolie Holland, Patty Griffin, Mindy Smith, Adele, Someone Like YouComment

More Jeffrey Eugenides

Good Writing and Writers, Guidance, QuotesJames BuchananSeptember 8, 2015Jeffrey Eugenides, Virgin Suicides, Middlesex, quote, Paris Review, interviewComment

Jeffrey Eugenides: On Writing as Work

Good Writing and Writers, InterviewJames BuchananSeptember 2, 2015Jeffrey Eugenides, on writing, Middlesex, AuthorComment

Lake Street Dive: What I'm Doing Here

MusicJames BuchananAugust 31, 2015Lake Street Dive, What I'm Doing Here, music, indieComment

Ann Beattie: Rock by Rock

Good Writing and Writers, Guidance, StructureJames BuchananAugust 31, 2015Ann Beattie, road map, interview, writing advice, The New YorkerComment

Detach: Shut Off the God Damn Cell Phone (and email, too)

My Stuff, LifeJames BuchananAugust 25, 2015cellphone, cell phone, addiction, detach, teenage, teenagerComment

Dave Matthews: Proudest Monkey

MusicJames BuchananAugust 21, 2015Dave Matthews, Crash, Proudest MonkeyComment

Blues Traveler Live and Jammin'

MusicJames BuchananAugust 21, 2015Jerry Garcia, John Popper, Blues TravelerComment

Robert Stone on The Life of A Writer

QuotesJames BuchananAugust 21, 2015Robert Stone, life of a writer, writer's life, Writer's AlmanacComment

A Fun Piece of Music

MusicJames BuchananAugust 17, 2015Britten Simple Symphony Op.4 - II. Playful Pizzicato, music, Benjamin BrittenComment

City of Refuge: Abigail Washburn

MusicJames BuchananAugust 17, 2015Abigail Washburn, City of RefugeComment

Maya Angelou: Love Liberates it Does Not Bind

Good Writing and Writers, Heart of Writing, InterviewJames BuchananAugust 14, 2015Maya Angelou, love liberates, what it means to be a writer, the meaning of creativityComment

Alice Walker Interview

InterviewJames BuchananAugust 14, 2015Alice Walker, The Color Purple, interview, Love, politics, writing, the life of a writerComment

Faith & Reason

QuotesJames BuchananAugust 14, 2015Jon Stewart, Joseph Campbell, God, spirituality, writing, character, motivation, Faith, The Sun, literary journalComment

Quote: Compulsion & Love

QuotesJames BuchananAugust 12, 2015compulsion, love, Geneen Roth, When Food is Love, despairComment

A Good Cabin

True Experiences, My StuffJames BuchananAugust 10, 2015writing, cabin, retreat, simplify, ThoreauComment

Compulsion is Despair

CharacterizationJames BuchananAugust 10, 2015Geneen Roth, When Food is Love, despair, compulsion, fiction, nonfiction, character motivationComment

Toni Morrison: On Writing The Bluest Eye

Interview, Good Writing and WritersJames BuchananJuly 30, 2015Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye, emotions, writing, fiction, narrative, theme Comment

A Beautiful Piece of Music

James BuchananJuly 29, 2015Comment