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After an online article sparked me 52 comments, mostly negative, I thought about the anonymity of the comments game and why I became a writer. So I could speak without being interrupted. If real names (which are hopefully as googleable as mine) were put on comments, would the internet be saying such the darndest things? SNL nailed it here, but my upcoming essay talks about the sad side of being commented on. No more having the last word! http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattw/internet-commenters-talk-show-arl...
Top 5 Regrets People Make on their Deathbed By Bronnie Ware (who worked for years nursing the dying) For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single...
I take criticism well, from fellow writers, performers and comics. In fact, I pay people to criticize me, often brutally because it makes me a better artist. But if you are so daft as to go to the modern art museum and say “I could do that,” I always say, go right ahead, and do it. Publish your piece, perform your work. Until then, friends, when I ask you how I did, just say “Good!”, I’ll ask my colleagues for the detailed feedback....
You are cordially invited to the Freerange Nonfiction March Installment Wednesday, March 2, 6pm JAMES GUIDA PETER HYMAN JULIE KLAM with Alyssa Pinsker and Tom Tiding hosted by Mira Ptacin Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street $7 cover Please join us for cocktails following the show at the Dove Parlour, Thompson Street between Bleecker and West 3rd...
Excerpt: Former student Alyssa Pinsker shared her thoughts. “Like most of New York, I consider Sue Shapiro my mentor. I believe in her message and good karma. What better way to spend Valentine’s Day than to help others and find help?” Like many others, Pinsker wooed the editors to whom she pitched her ideas. Read more here!…...
