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The Red Pen We All Carry

By Evan Swensen| 06/02/2025
“No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else’s draft.” — H.G. Wells Writers know the truth of those words deep in their bones. There’s …

Writing Without Living Is Vanity

By Evan Swensen| 05/26/2025
  “How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” Henry David Thoreau wasn’t criticizing writers—he was daring them. A man of … 1 More

Gravity of a Single Word

By Evan Swensen| 05/23/2025
It happened in a place so quiet, even paper turning felt like a disruption. The room, a modest university lecture hall in Pennsylvania, smelled faintly of chalk and varnish—remnants of … 0 More

I Don’t Know

By Evan Swensen| 05/19/2025
  Wislawa Szymborska’s line—“Poets, if they’re genuine, must always keep repeating, ‘I don’t know’”—echoes the humility at the heart of both poetry and wisdom. She wasn’t celebrating ignorance. She was … 0 More

Meet the World’s Fastest Reader

By Evan Swensen| 05/14/2025
  The Man Who Could Read a Book Over Lunch—and Dessert Too Every so often, a bit of trivia floats by, grabbing your attention, spinning you around, and leaving you … 0 More

Wit, Faith, and Fiction

By Evan Swensen| 05/12/2025
    “I often wonder if we were all characters in one of God’s dreams.” With these words, Muriel Spark pierced the boundary between the seen and unseen. It wasn’t … 0 More

From Me to We

By Evan Swensen| 05/09/2025
“How do I write a memoir both personal and universally relatable?” It’s a question often asked in quiet tones, almost sheepishly, as if sharing a life story needed an apology. …

Scandal, Seduction, and Suicide

By Evan Swensen| 05/07/2025
  The First American Novel Was a Scandal America’s very first novel wasn’t a story of patriotism, politics, or pioneers. It was a full-blown scandal wrapped in a leather binding. … 0 More