The Road We Never Traveled
TW Column by Steven LewisNo bosses. No deadlines. No editors. No watches. No cocktail parties.
View ArticleThe Crusade of the Avian Warrior
TW Column by Steven LewisHow many insults must a wingless mortal absorb while some assault bird keeps attack-tack-tackin’ windows around his house?
View ArticleIn This Bright Future, You Can’t Forget Your Past
TW Column by Steven LewisOh, if only they could have seen my tamed-untamed grandchildren at Runaway Bay...
View ArticleDylan’s Bricks, Dickinson’s Bee
TW Column by Steven LewisI sat alone in the darkened living room, abandoned by family, scorned by the dog, nursing a jam jar of Jim Beam.
View ArticleFame, Fortune, and a Purposeful Life
TW Column by Steven LewisMy father was not impressed with my first triumphant literary efforts, nor with the staple-bound magazines in which they appeared: Modine Gunch and Road Apple Review.
View ArticleAn Unexpected Hero’s Journey
TW Column by Steven LewisYet, don’t think for a moment that we five were not swept along in the undeniable currents that carried Neil beyond himself.
View ArticleBreaking Into Blossom
Category: Writing and FaithGriefYawping WildTW Column by Steven LewisUnintentional Writing—No Map, No Compass, No Guide Each morning, as I sit down to write, this is where the journey begins:June...
View ArticleMy Lost Stories
Category: Family StoriesYawping WildTW Column by Steven LewisStrangers Who Share the Same Last Name January 2004. My ninety-two-year-old mother waves a misshapen finger toward a cluttered end table....
View ArticleThe Second Coming
Category: Writing and FaithYawping WildTW Column by Steven LewisDriving into the Maw of America—at Last October 1968: A dog-eared copy of On the Road in my back pocket, I imagine myself splitting from...
View ArticleThe Beautiful Answer
Category: NatureYawping WildTW Column by Steven LewisFor this Nature Writer, Technology Isn’t What It Seems After the first surprise, there are more to come.I begin work on this piece about nature and...
View ArticleAfter the First Cremation
Category: Writing and FaithYawping WildLetters and JournalsTW Column by Steven LewisWriters Never Burn Words—Except When They Need To Next week, TW launches its annual issue on "Writing and Faith"—a...
View ArticleThe Things You Can’t Teach
Category: TeachingMusicYawping WildTW Column by Steven LewisAnother Brick in the Wall Recently, an invitation to a performance by some local kids at a “rock academy” popped up on my Facebook page....
View ArticleDear Literary Editor—and Writer
Category: Yawping WildEditorsOpen LettersOpen Letters by Steven Lewis and Rob SpillmanA Candid Exchange About Literary Publishing Dear (in no particular order or inference) Wendy Lesser, Ladette...
View ArticleTrump Is Our Fault, Too
Category: Media DebateYawping WildTruth-tellingTW Column by Steven LewisApologies from a Baby Boomer I began this piece last spring, in the early days of America’s descent into the Dystrumpian future....
View ArticleReading Proust at the Gym
AuthorsReader's LifeYawping WildEssay by Steven LewisOr How I Learned Not to Fall Asleep In 1967, assigned Swann’s Way in an undergraduate lit class at the University of Wisconsin, I lost consciousness...
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