It didn’t surprise me when Marc Smith [http://marckellysmith.com/], founder of
the poetry slam movement and host of the Uptown Poetry slam, told me that
ministers sometimes “lurk in the shadows”
For a little over a year, I’ve struggled with a variety of health issues. The
particulars are boring (and odd), but I will say that most people bounce back
from such ailments
In a chapter of his beautiful and esoteric book of essays, Maps and Legends
[http://www.amazon.com/Maps-Legends-Michael-Chabon/dp/1932416897], novelist
Michael Chabon reflects on the fear of writing. In an essay
