Walt Whitman’s 10 steps for successful self-publishing
Write What You Can’t Know
Bedtime stories Nothing like a good, kind voice reading an endless story to soothe the irritations of insomnia. The sagas…
Her Little Jewel Box
Her furry cleft “She stepped right over me, naked except for her brassiere, and provided me with a direct shot…
The Essence of Writing is Revision
“The way to do a piece of writing is three or four times over,” says John McPhee, “never once.” Draft…
The First African Book to Win a Lammy
The short story anthology I developed and co-edited, Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction, won the 2014 Lambda Literary Award…
Writers Who Are and Aren’t Themselves: Stephanus Muller and Gerald Murnane
Winner-winner Stephanus Muller’s Nagmusiek, published by Fourthwall Books, is winging its way to Greylingstad, home of Highveld Reading and Writing … More
Disturbing Immersions
Disturbing Immersions was the first studio Highveld offered. I didn’t get any bookings, so I hosted it as a free…