Did you know that best-selling author Oliver Burkeman is a friend of A Life’ Work? Well he is. He mentioned the film in his New York Times‘ bestseller, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. It’s true! He has just … Continued
David Licata on his 15-year journey making A Life’s Work, his new documentary about people engaged in all-consuming, open-ended projects. By David Licata Sometime in 2005, I told Wolfgang Held, a D.P. I had worked with on my previous film, about … Continued
20 months ago I wrote these two sentences in a draft for this here blog. One of my stories, The Wolf Is in the Kitchen, has been chosen for an anthology called Two-Countries. Publication date (or as all my writer … Continued
My short story, Lavender, is included in the Best of Boston Literary Magazine, Volume II. I am deeply honored. If you feel like supporting a wonderful literary magazine, consider buying this paper book. You’ll get a whole mess of short stories … Continued
I am delighted to announce that a piece of short fiction I wrote, The Red Mug, has been published by Compass Literary Journal and you can read it online. This is the fifth story of the collection to be published and the … Continued
I’m pleased to announce that I have a new piece of nonfiction, Practice, Practice, on Helen Literary Magazine’s blog. It’s about the things we pick up and hold dear when we’re young that we let go of when we’re a little … Continued
I’m very pleased to announce that one of my short stories, 12-Bar Blues, has been published by Pilgrimage. Right now, it’s only available in print. Consider ordering a copy and showing your support for this fine literary journal. Though the … Continued
I’m delighted to announce that Other Leevilles, a short piece I wrote has just been published by Paper Tape. (How short? Very short, 466 words, takes about three minutes to read.) I’ve been working on a collection of related stories for … Continued
I met essayist Randon Billings Noble at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. As I remember it, all of our conversations were either about music (she studied classical violin and plays piano) or “nonfiction.” That’s how it is at … Continued
I’m thrilled to announce that my very short story Wonder (892 words), has just been published in R.KV.R.Y Quarterly Literary Journal. It’s the “Shipwrecked” issue and it includes some esteemed writers (Robert Boswell!) and gorgeous artwork by Elizabeth Leader; I’m humbled, … Continued