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March 27, 2012
The Beat Hotel
A couple of years ago, I was ravaging the shelves at the New York Public Library, when I came across Barry Miles' The Beat Hotel: Ginsberg, Burroughs and Corso in Paris, 1957-1963. It was around Memorial Day, and I remember sitting by the fountain in the East Harlem section of Central Park, marveling at the [...]
March 26, 2012
Clip: Creating Space
I'm pleased to have a personal essay published inCreating Space. In the essay, I write about my angsty teen years in New Jersey … and how I still sometimes feel that way. Creating Space is a Lenten devotional published by RedeemerWrites, part of the Redeemer Writers Group, an arts ministry at the Center for [...]
March 25, 2012
Happy Greek Independence Day!
I'm trapped inside, working on my book today so it doesn't look like I'll be able to make it to the Greek parade today. It looks rather grey out, but at least it will be cool for all the people marching in the parade. My favorite are all the children dressed up in traditional [...]
March 23, 2012
Ancient Greek Pottery at the Met
Ancient Greek pottery on view at the Met. Each bowl, vase, and urn tells a story…. Filed under: Greekish Tagged: Greek, Met, pottery
March 21, 2012
Writing Wednesday: "I Just Give Myself Permission to Suck"
I don't really I get writers' block. I always have an idea of what I want to put on the page, or else I just start writing and something new and unexpected finds its way onto the page. The problem I have is in getting it out onto the page in the first place. I [...]
March 19, 2012
Burning Furiously Beautiful on Pinterest
Burning Furiously Beautiful, the book on Jack Kerouac I'm collaborating on with Paul Maher Jr., is taking shape. Paul suggested I make a Pinterest board based on the book, and I'm super excited about the way it came out. So far I've cataloged photographs with captions to tell the story of part 1 of Jack [...]
March 17, 2012
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Everyone's Irish on Saint Patrick's Day! Actually, my mom and I often get mistaken for Irish. It must be our fair Swedish skin and eyes. I even once got a letter addressed to Nik O'Lopoulos. Yep. Here's a couple of St. Patrick's Day-related links for you::: On my last trip to Ireland, I got to [...]
March 14, 2012
Writing Wednesday: If You Miss a Beat, You Create Another
I had the great privilege of hearing Patti Smith read from Just Kids at The New School a while back. She read from the priceless scene in which she meets Allen Ginsberg at an automat. I'm quite fond of kitsch automat culture, and used to frequent the one down on Saint Marks when it was [...]
March 13, 2012
Jeremy Begbie: Using Musical Styles to Find a Writing Style
On Saturday I attended a luncheon with Jeremy Begbie, amazing jazz pianist and theologian, and then in the evening heard him speak as part of the Gospel & Culture series. As a writer, I find inspiration everywhere and feel like I can learn so much from other arts disciplines. Begbie really got me thinking about: [...]
March 12, 2012
Happy 90th Birthday, Jack Kerouac
Today would've been Jack Kerouac's ninetieth birthday. On March 12, 1922, French-Canadian immigrants Gabrielle and Leo Kerouac had their third, and last, child. He was born at home, on the second floor of the brown house sitting at 9 Lupine Road in Lowell, Massachusetts. This was in the West Centralville neighborhood, affectionately called Little [...]
