
“Write a Sentence as Clean as a Bone” And Other Advice from James Baldwin


James Baldwin on the Creative Process and the Artist’s Responsibility to Society
Maria Popovathemarginalian.org
You should write because when you know that you’re going to write, it changes the way you live. I’m thinking about a book I read called Field Notes on Science & Nature , a collection of essays by scientists about their notes. It’s hard to imagine a more tedious concept — a book of essays about notes ? — but in execution it was wonderful. What i... See more