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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 [...]

Ignoring No

Published on October 11, 2009 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

[This is a guest post by Tara Betts. Her info is at the end of the post.] come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed. — from Lucille Clifton’s Book of Light (Copper Canyon Press, 1993) I kept notebooks as a little girl, and I always knew I [...]

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 [...]