Archive - Wild Words

Create a container

How I'm thinking about the season ahead, books I'm excited to read, and other summer things.

Jun 24 •

How to write about grief without drowning

Q&A with Erin Cecilia Thomas, author of I WATCHED YOU FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR.

Jun 16 •

Writing as grazing

An equestrian-inspired metaphor for the work we do as "an act of vigilance," a question to ask yourself this season, and a poll about something fun.

Jun 9 •

Five years of my life on the floor in my office

On "geologic time," shelving our work, and experiments in revision.

Jun 2 •

May 2025

March 2025

Riding the revision seesaw

The reliability of self-doubt when finishing comes into view.

Mar 27 •

Read my poem, "Mosquito Season," a semifinalist in Naugatuck Literary Review's annual contest.

Mar 11 •

February 2025

Protecting our voice in the age of distraction

What Anne Morrow Lindbergh's quest for simplicity on Florida's Gulf Coast can teach us now.

Feb 19 •

January 2025

Soft, softening, softness

I'm avoiding social media and the news this week—let's talk about the words guiding our year instead.

Jan 22 •

Pattern recognition

Something I've noticed about my creative life, and what's getting me through the first month of the year.

Jan 14 •

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