Here he is talking in compassionate and reasonable ways about how to save lives.
Adam Renn Olenn holds degrees from the University of Virginia and the Boston Conservatory.
He writes fiction, nonfiction, and occasional computer code. He lives in Massachusetts with his family.
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May 17, 2013
Bill Gates inspires me
May 13, 2013
Powell's interview: Dennis Lehane
Representin’ Boston hi-side/lo-side!
May 9, 2013
May 8, 2013
Raymond Chandler on Writing
The best writing in English today is done by Americans, but not in any purist tradition. They have roughed the language around as Shakespeare did and done it the violence of melodrama and the press box. they have knocked over tombs and sneered at the dead. Which is as it should be. There are too many dead men and there is too much talk about them.
The man really knows his way around a sentence.
May 6, 2013
Powell's interview: Pete Dexter
(with thanks to Janelle Browning for introducing me to this fantastic writer)
May 3, 2013
Spreading the love: "Witness Tree," by Katherine Jamieson
Listen to Calaine Schafer reading Witness Tree We met Leah at the train station on a bone-cold day when only crows walked the white snowfield outside our house. The threat of black ice on the highway would usually deter mom from getting in the car on a morning like this,…
May 2, 2013
Iggy Pop: wiry poet
The ever-candid Stooges frontman joins NPR’s Renee Montagne to discuss living life over the edge, how everyone comes around to his band late, and ways to “become a part of yesterday.”
Even in a simple interview, he’s dropping gems. Also, he called Renée Montagne “baby.”
May 2, 2013
Ugh. The peril of speaking in Iran.
Political cartoons have a long history in Iran and give voice to critics of the authoritarian regime. Lately cartoonists have been increasingly persecuted for their work. A recent book, Sketches of Iran, pairs 40 political essays with cartoons depicting life in Iran today.
This breaks my heart.
May 2, 2013
May 1, 2013
Of mothers & sisters, by Hallie Ephron
Four sisters, all writers (not just the one we know best) came of age in the shadow of a complicated, talented, hard-drinking mother. It wasn’t easy, but it made them who they are.
Great essay about growing up in a feisty and firey family by novelist & book critic Hallie Ephron.
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