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Burning Down the House: True Story

Published on October 22, 2009 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn’t require any. –Russell Baker I’ve been “a writer” since the 5th grade, when the combination of praise I received for a plagiarized [...]

Three Rules for the National Poetry Slam

Published on July 15, 2009 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Eleven years ago next month, in Austin, TX, I took one of the most life-changing thrill rides ever when I attended my first National Poetry Slam, as a member of the 1998 team representing the Nuyorican Poets Café that would go on to become their first (and still only) team to win the Championship. The [...]

On self-discipline and self-flagellation

Published on January 28, 2008 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

The most difficult aspect of writing, for me, has always been the self-discipline required to write every day, no matter what. I simply don’t have any. (Not just for writing, either, but that’s a whole other post!) There are a number of legitimate reasons excuses I could put forward to explain why it’s so difficult to [...]